Volatile constituents of the fruits of three mango cultivars, Mangifera indica L.
Ansari S. H., Mohamed Ali, Velasco-Negueruela A., Pérez-Alonso M. J.
Author Affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard University), PO Hamdard Nagar, New Delhi 110062, India.
Journal of Essential Oil Research 11 : 65-68
Abstract : Essential oils, hydrodistilled from fruits of mango cultivars Langra, Bombay and Desi, grown in India, were analysed by GC and GC-MS. The essential oil of Langra was characterized by ?-3-carene (61.7%). The essential oil of Bombay contained ?-pinene (26.6%), caryophyllene oxide (14.5%) and humulene oxide (5.3%). The essential oil of Desi contained p-cymen-8-ol (28.6%) and ?-3-carene (5.7%).