Constituents of Peel and Leaf Essential Oils of Citrus Medica L

• DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v1i2.1760
• Publication Date: 2009-04-30T08:23:00Z
• Authors: M. N. I. Bhuiyan; J. Begum; P. K. Sardar; M. S. Rahman
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences

The chemical constituents of leaf and peel essential oil of Citrus medica L. were analysed by gas chromatography mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Nineteen components accounting for 99.9% of the oil were identified in leaf oil. The major constituents are erucylamide (28.43%), limonene (18.36%) and citral (12.95%). The peel oil contains forty three components accounting for 99.8% of the total oil and the major components are isolimonene (39.37%), citral (23.12%) and limonene (21.78%). Keywords: Citrus medica; Essential oils; GC-MS; Erucylamide; Isolimonene. © 2009 JSR Publications. ISSN: 2070-0237 (Print); 2070-0245 (Online). All rights reserved.DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v1i2.1760