• Corpus ID: 40858047

VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE FLOWERS OF TWO SPECIES OF HONEYSUCKLE ( LONICERA JAPONICA AND LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM )

@inproceedings{Ilie2014VOLATILECF,
  title={VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS FROM THE FLOWERS OF TWO SPECIES OF HONEYSUCKLE ( LONICERA JAPONICA AND LONICERA CAPRIFOLIUM )},
  author={DIANA-CAROLINA Ilie and R Valeria and dulescu and DU Ligia},
  year={2014}
}

• D. Ilie, R. Valeria, +1 author DU Ligia
• Published 2014

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the chemical composition of volatile oil isolated from the flowers of Lonicera japonica and Lonicera caprifolium cultivated in Romania. One oil sample from Lonicera caprifolium and two oil samples from Lonicera japonica obtained by hidrodistillation were analysed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main compounds found belong to sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (germacrene D 11.26 33.09%) and sesquiterpene alcohols (farnesol 26.16 50.98%, nerolidol 1.28 2.63%, α-cadinol 0.68 2.86%). The monoterpene alcohol linalool was identified in our samples from 1.93% in Lonicera caprifolium oil to 11.64% in Lonicera japonica oil. Other quantitatively important compounds were the esters: 3-hexenyl tiglate 2.62 6.79%, 3-hexenyl benzoate 0.57 5.24%, farnesyl acetate 0.11 5.23%. Cis-jasmone was detected in reduced, but apreciable quantities (0.58 0.85%) in oil samples from Lonicera japonica.