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Composition of the essential oils of three Malaysian Xylopia species (Annonaceae)

  • Natasa Mohd Shakri , Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Wan Salleh ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Shamsul Khamis , Nor Azah Mohamad Ali and Muhammad Helmi Nadri

Abstract

The rich and diversified Malaysian flora represents an excellent resource of new chemical structures with biological activities. The genus Xylopia L. includes aromatic plants that have both nutritional and medicinal uses. This study aims to contribute with information about the volatile components of three Xylopia species essential oils: Xylopia frutescens, Xylopia ferruginea, and Xylopia magna. In this study, essential oils were extracted from the leaves by a hydrodistillation process. The identification of the essential oil components was performed by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography–coupled mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The major components of the essential oils from X. frutescens were bicyclogermacrene (22.8%), germacrene D (14.2%), elemol (12.8%), and guaiol (12.8%), whereas components of the essential oils from X. magna were germacrene D (35.9%), bicyclogermacrene (22.8%), and spathulenol (11.1%). The X. ferruginea oil was dominated by bicyclogermacrene (23.6%), elemol (13.7%), guaiol (13.4%), and germacrene D (12.3%).


Corresponding author: Wan Mohd Nuzul Hakimi Wan Salleh, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak, Malaysia, E-mail:

Funding source: Ministry of Education (MOE)

Award Identifier / Grant number: FRGS-RACER/1/2019/STG01/UPSI/1

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, for research facilities.

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This research was supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme for Research Acculturation of Early Career Researchers (FRGS-RACER/1/2019/STG01/UPSI/1). The authors also would like to thank the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, UPSI for research facilities.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-05-01
Accepted: 2020-08-12
Published Online: 2020-09-22
Published in Print: 2020-11-26

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