FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (10): 175-179.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201110041

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Chemical Composition Analysis of Essential Oil from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. Leaves in Yunnan

HUANG Xiang-zhong,ZHANG Run-zhi,LIU Fei,CHENG Chun-mei,ZHU Yun,GUO Jun-ming*   

  1. Key Laboratory of Ethnic Medicine Resource Chemistry, State Ethnic Affairs Commission-Ministry of Education, Yunnan University of Nationalities, Kunming 650500, China
  • Online:2011-05-25 Published:2011-04-08

Abstract: Essential oil was extracted by steam distillation from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort leaves and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS). Totally 84 and 51 compounds were identified in essential oils from Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort leaves harvested in spring and summer, with a relative content of respectively 97.8% and 98.2%. No significant difference in chemical composition was observed between essential oils from the leaves harvested at both seasons. The major components were 3,4-dimethylenecyclopent-anone, 5,7,8-trimethyl-2-chromanone, caryophyllene, trans-ocimene, cis-ocimene, (+)-sabinene and α-pinene.

Key words: Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort., essential oil, chemical component, gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy(GC-MS)

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