NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2014, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (6): 883-885.

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Chemical Composition of the Aborted Flower Essential Oil of Vitex negundo var. heterophylla Growing Wild in Shijiazhuang

ZHANG Shu-feng1*, DONG Qing-feng2, YU Xin-rui1, HU Cong1, QIN Kui1, QU Lei1, HAO Yong1   

  1. 1 Department of Pharmacy,Bethune Medical Noncommissioned Officer Academy,Shijiazhuang 050081 ,China; 2 Department of Pharmacognosy,China Pharmaceutical University,Nanjing 210009 ,China
  • Online:2014-06-28 Published:2014-11-12

Abstract: The essential oil of the aborted flowers of Vitex negundo var. heterophylla growing wild in Shijiazhuang was extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).Twenty one constituents accounting for 94.8% of the total oil were identified.The oil consisted mainly of  β-caryophyllene (42.2%),sabinene (12.2%) and 1,8-cineole (5.5%),and can serve as a good source of β-caryophyllene.

Key words: Vitex negundo var. heterophylla, Verbenaceae, essential oil, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, &beta, -caryophyllene, sabinene

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