GC-MS Analysis of Essential Oils of Heartwood and Resin of Shorea robusta

Abstract

The essential oils of Shorea robusta heartwood and resin were isolated by  hydrodistillation of their respective petroleum ether extracts. Nine and seventeen compounds representing 80.35 % and 78.43 % of the oil, respectively were identified by GC-MS. Germacrene-D was found to be the chief constituent of both the oils. This is the first report on heartwood and resin oils of Shorea robusta.

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