Essential Oil Constituents of Desmos Cochinchinensis Lour, and Polyalthia Longifolia var. Pendula Hort from Vietnam

Abstract

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from two Annonaceace plants from Vietnam were analysed by gas chromatography (GC) coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The main conpounds identified in bark oil of Polyalthia longifolia var. pendula Hort were zingiberene (26.7%), β-caryophyllene (11.1%) and β-bisabolene (7.9%). The major compounds in the flower oil of Desmos cochinchinensis Lour., were the monoterpenoids camphor (59.1%), limonene (8.9%), α-pinene (8.6%) and camphene (6.0%).