Volatile oils of Illicium floridanum and I-parviflorum (Illiciaceae) of the southeastern United States and their potential economic utilization

Authors
Tucker, AO Maciarello, MJ
Citation
Ao. Tucker et Mj. Maciarello, Volatile oils of Illicium floridanum and I-parviflorum (Illiciaceae) of the southeastern United States and their potential economic utilization, ECON BOTAN, 53(4), 1999, pp. 435-438
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
ECONOMIC BOTANY
ISSN journal
00130001 → ACNP
Volume
53
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
435 - 438
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-0001(199910/12)53:4<435:VOOIFA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The essential oil from leaves and branches of cultivated Illicium floridanu m is dominated by 22.53 +/- 2.23% linalool and 13.93 +/- 1.61% linalyl acet ate. The essential oil from leaves and branches of cultivated I. parvifloru m is dominated by 68.14 +/- 0.88% safrole, 13.18 +/- 1.01% linalool, and 11 .89 +/- 0.87% methyl eugenol. Besides the Lauraceae and Piperaceae, the Ill iciaceae is another natural source of safrole.