Chemical composition of three Malaysian Horsfieldia essential oils

Salleh WMNHW 1 , Shakri NM 1 , Khamis S 2 , Setzer WN 3 , Nadri MH 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia
  • 2 School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, USA
  • 4 Innovation Centre in Agritechnology (ICA), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Pagoh, Johor, Malaysia
Nat Prod Res, 2020 Sep 14.
PMID: 32927975 DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2020.1819274

Abstract

This study aims to assess the chemical compositions of the essential oils from three Horsfieldia species namely H. fulva Warb., H. sucosa Warb. and H. superba Warb., which are found in Malaysia. The essential oils were derived from the samples through hydrodistillation which were then characterised by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Based on the findings, the H. fulva, H. sucosa and H. superba essential oils represented 98.2%, 98.7% and 98.5% of the total oils, respectively. The major component of H. fulva oil was identified to be germacrene D (20.8%), H. sucosa oil mainly contained α-cadinol (17.5%), whereas H. superba oil was rich in δ-cadinene (18.2%). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of the composition of the essential oils from these selected Horsfieldia species.

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