Volatile Constituents of Peel and Leaf Oils of Cajel Orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck)

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile compounds of peel and leaf oils of Cajel orange (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck) cultivated in Yucatan Peninsula was studied by GC and GC-MS. Twenty-eight and thirty-eight volatile compounds were identified in peel and leaf oil, respectively. The most prominent compounds in the peel oil was limonene (88.1 %), while the major components in the leaf oil were linalool (33.1 %), α-terpineol (15.3 %) and linalyl acetate (12.1 %).