Phytochemical analysis of the leaf volatile oil of walnut tree (Juglans regia L.) from western Himalaya

作者：Verma Ram S^*; Padalia Rajendra C; Chauhan Amit; Thul Sanjog T

来源：Industrial Crops and Products, 2013, 42: 195-201.

DOI：10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.05.032

• Juglans regia
• Walnut tree
• Juglandaceae
• Leaf essential oil
• Chemical diversity
• GC/MS

The walnut tree (Juglans regia L), commonly known as 'Akhrot' in India, is a valuable tree has a long history of medicinal use to treat a wide range of health complaints. To explore the diversity in essential oil yield and composition off. regia, leaves were collected during spring season from 28 populations growing in western Himalaya. Comparative results showed considerable variations in the essential oil yield and composition of J. regia leaves. The essential oil yield varied from 0.02% to 0.12% in fresh leaves of the different populations off. regia. Analysis of the essential oils by GC/FID and GC/MS and the subsequent classification by statistical analysis resulted in three clusters with significant variations in their terpenoid composition. Altogether, 70 constituents, representing 83.2-98.0% of the total oil composition, were identified and quantified. Major components of the essential oils were (E)-caryophyllene (1.4-47.9%), beta-pinene (4.5-39.5%), germacrene D (5.0-23.3%), alpha-pinene (1.5-18.1%), alpha-humulene (1.1-11.8%), alpha-zingiberene (0.1-11.3%). alpha-copaene (0.0-10.1%), limonene (0.8-8.6%), caryophyllene oxide (0.1-8.6%), ar-curcumene (0.0-7.2%), delta-cadinene (0.3-6.7%), (E)-beta-farnesene (0.0-5.9%), 1,8-cineole (<0.0-5.4%), gamma-curcumene (0.0-4.2%), and methyl salicylate (0.1-4.0%). This is the first report on leaf volatile oil composition of J. regia populations from western Himalaya. Out of the 70 identified constituents, over 25 were described for the first time for J. regia.

• 出版日期2013-3
• 单位河北医科大学