NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2010, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (6): 1031-1035.

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Analysis of the Volatile Constituents of Galium aparine L. var. tenerum by GC-MS

CAI Xiao-mei1,2 , WANG Dao-ping2 , YANG Juan2*   

  1. 1Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; 2The Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Natural Products of Guizhou Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
  • Received:2009-03-09 Online:2011-01-10 Published:2011-10-19

Abstract:

The volatile oil from Galium aparine L. var. tenerum was extracted by steam distillation and analysed by GC-MS. As a result, one hundred and ten compounds have been identified The major compounds are n-hexadecanoic acid (13.88%), linalool (11.90%), 2-pentadecanone, 6,10,14-trimethyl (8.79%), 1,4-hexadiene, 3-ethyl- (2.37%), furan, 2-pentyl (2.09%), 2-hexenal (1.90%), hexanal (1.89%), (Z)-geraniol (1.84%), α-terpineol (1.83%), and phytol (1.81%). The identified constituents accounted for 87.38% of the total ion peak area. And all these compounds were detected from the volatile oil of this plant for the first time.

Key words: Galium aparine L. var. tenerum, GC-MS, volatile oil, chemical constituents