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Nat Prod Commun

Title:		"Volatile constituents of two species of Protium from the Atlantic rainforest in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil"
Author(s):		de Freitas JG; da Camara CA; de Moraes MM; da Silva HC;
Address:		"Laboratorio de Produtos Naturais Bioativos, Departamento de Ciencias Moleculares, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, 52171-900-Recife-PE, Brazil"
Journal Title:		Nat Prod Commun
Year:		2011
Volume:		6
Issue:		11
Page Number:		1727 - 1730
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		1934-578X (Print) 1555-9475 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The chemical composition of the essential oils from Protium giganteum and P. aracouchine was determined, for the first time, using GC-MS analysis. From the oil of P. giganteum, 32 components were identified, representing 93.9% of the oil, and from P. aracouchine, 29 components, representing 97.8% of the oil. Among the compounds identified in the P. giganteum oil, 93.6% were sesquiterpenes, with beta-caryophyllene (26.0 +/- 0.8%), globulol (9.3 +/- 0.2%), alpha-cadinol (7.0 +/- 0.5%), alpha-humulene (6.4 +/- 0.1%) and germacrene D (6.2 +/- 0.3%) as the major components. Among the 29 compounds identified in the P. aracouchine oil, 95.9% were sesquiterpenes as well, with spathulenol (31.8 +/- 1.6%), alpha-cis-bergamotene (8.8 +/- 0.2%) and viridiflorol (9.7 +/- 0.7%) as the major components"
Keywords:		"Brazil Burseraceae/*chemistry Oils, Volatile/*chemistry Plant Leaves/chemistry Species Specificity Tropical Climate Volatile Organic Compounds/*analysis;"
Notes:		"Medlinede Freitas, Jose Gildo Rufino da Camara, Claudio Augusto Gomes de Moraes, Marcilio Martins da Silva, Henrique Costa Hermenegildo eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 2012/01/10 Nat Prod Commun. 2011 Nov; 6(11):1727-30"