Chemical composition of Mangifera indica essential oil from Nigeria.
Dz?amic A. M., Marin P. D., Gbolade A. A., Ristic M. S.
Author Affiliation: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden Jevremovac Studentski trg 16, 11 000, Belgrade, Serbia.
Journal of Essential Oil Research 22 : 123-125
Abstract : The essential oil isolated from the leaves and fruit peels of Mangifera indica L. by hydrodistillation was analyzed by combined GC and GC/MS. The leaves of M. indica were rich in sesquiterpenes (70.3%), while fruit peel oil consisted of very high amount of monoterpenes (83.2%). The dominant compounds in mango leaf oil were ?-3-carene (20.5%), ?-gurjunene (19.2%), ?-selinene (13.9%) and ?-caryophyllene (13.7%), while fruit peel oil yielded mainly ?-3-carene (58.2%) and ?-pinene (13.0%).