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- Title
Evaluation of the chemical composition of essential oil of Thuja occidentalis leaves grown in Peshawar, Pakistan by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
- Authors
Qureshi, Muhammad Nasimullah; Siddique, Muhammad; Inayat-ur-Rahman; Kanwal, Farina
- Abstract
Essential oil extracted from the fresh leaves of Thuja occidentalis were evaluated for its chemical composition employing GC-MS. Total of twenty nine components were identified and determined quantitatively using the area normalization procedure. Alpha-pinene and (+)-4-carene were found in high amount with a percentage concentration of 54.78 and 11.28 respectively. Other compounds which yielded appreciable amounts are: alpha-cedrol (6.87%), terpinolene (5.88%), p-menth-1-en-8-ol acetate (5.21%), beta-myrcene (4.04%), beta-pinene (2.26%), germacrene D (1.72%), sabinene (1.65%) and D-Limonene (1.62%).
- Subjects
THUJA occidentalis; PLANT extracts; MEDICINAL plants; ACETATES; ORGANIC compounds
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 6, p2105
- ISSN
1011-601X
- Publication type
Article