Pk. Koukos et al., Chemicals from Greek forestry biomass: Constituents of the leaf oil of Myrtus communis L. grown in Greece, J ESSEN OIL, 13(4), 2001, pp. 245-246
The composition of leaf oil of Myrtus communis L., grown in Greece was inve
stigated by using GC/MS analysis. Twenty-one compounds were identified. The
oil was found to be rich in alpha -pinene (18.0%), limonene (21.8%), linal
yl acetate (31.4%) and geranyl acetate (6.5%). Minor compounds were: alpha
-humulene (3.7%), beta -caryophyllene (1.5%), neryl acetate (1.2%) and lina
lool (1.1%).