| Titre : | An examination of the leaf essential oils of the endemic Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) species of New Caledonia (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Edouard Hnawia, Auteur ; Joseph J. Brophy, Auteur ; Lyn A. Craven, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 24 N° 3, Juin 2012) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 273-278 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Melaleuca brevisepala brongniartii buseana dawsonii gnidioides pancheri sphaerodendra var. microphylla quinquenervia β ; -caryophyllene α ; -pinene Limonene α ; -phellandrene γ ; -terpinene β ; -pinene Spathulenol Essential oils |
| Résumé : | The leaf essential oils of the seven endemic New Caledonian species of the genus Melaleuca have been examined. Melaleuca sphaerodendra var. microphylla and Melaleuca brevisepala produced oils in which β-caryophyllene (28.8% and 26.8% respectively) was the principal component. α-Pinene (24.8%) and β-caryophyllene (14.1%) were the principal compounds detected in the leaf oil of Melaleuca pancheri. Melaleuca brongniartii produced an oil in which the principal monoterpenes were α-pinene (23.3%), β-pinene (10.3%) and limonene (19.8%). γ-Terpinene (15.2%), p-cymene (12.8%) and terpinolene (17.5%) were the major components in the leaf essential oil of Melaleuca buseana, whereas the leaf oil of Melaleuca dawsonii contained α-pinene (12.8%) and α-phellandrene (10.3%) as principal components. In Melaleuca gnidioides α-pinene (23.6%), β-pinene (13.6%) and spathulenol (14.7%) were the major components. All of these oils differed from the leaf oil of Melaleuca quinquenervia, an indigenous New Caledonian species also found in Australia and New Guinea. |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10412905.2012.676776 |
