Nov-Dec 19861
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Brief Reports CONSTITUENTS OF F A G A R A MACROPHYLLA AND Z A N T H O X Y L U M RIGIDIFOLIUM PERICARPS’ JOHANNES REISCH,
DIETERBERGENTHAL,
Institute fm PhurmacenticalC h i s t r y , Uniwsity of Miins&, Hittqfstrasse 58-62, 0-4400 Munstcr, F h a l Rtpublir of G m n y SIMEONK. ADESINA,DOYED. AKINWUSI,
Drug Raearcb and Ptodwria Unit, Facnfty of Pbamracy, Uniwrsity of Ife, lie-lfe, Nigeria and A.O. OLATUNJI
D@artment of Botany, Faculty of Srimce, Uniwrsity of Ife, lie-lfe, Nigeria Two issues stimulated our interest in the chemistry of the pericarps of these plants. The first was the taxonomic position of Zanthoxylum rigid$dium (Heaog) Waterrn. [syn. Zanthoxylum tessmannii (Engl.)
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Volatile Constituents of Fumru mcurophyfka Pericarp
TABLE 1.
Mass
loo(%)
mlz
d z
43 55 93 93 93 93 68 105 69
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114 126 136 136 136 136 136 120 138 138 154 170 154 156 170 196 204 204 222 222 152 182 268 254 256 256 178
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180 180 282 192
69 55 55 192
Component 3,3dimethylhexane . . 4-ethylcyclohexanone . a-pinene . . . . . . . camphene . . . . . . . 3-carene . . . . . . . p-pinene . . . . . . . limonene . . . . . . . 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene
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2,3,6-trimethyl-1,5-heptadiene . . . 2,7-dimethyl-2,6-ocatdiene . . . . . borneol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . linalool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . undecane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . codecane
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bornyl acetate . . . . . . guaia-l(5),7(11)-diene . . gguaiene . . . . . . . . franesol isomer . . . . . farnesol isomer . . . . . camphor . . . . . . . . syringaldehyde . . . . . methyl hexadec-llxnoate 11-hexadec-enoic acid . . 2-ketotridecan-1-yl acetate hexadecanoic acid . . . . methyl eugenol . . . . . 3-(2-pentenyl)- 1,2,4cyclopentanetrione . . 9,12-octadecadienoic acid 9-octadecenoic acid . . . scopoletin . . . . . . .
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69 59
59 71 57 57 95 105 41 69 69 152 182 55 55 43 43 178
Concentration (76)
Source of Identification
4.68
msb ms ms, rtc ms ms, rt rns, rt rns, rt ms rns ms ms, rt un-identified ms, rt rns ms rns, rt rns rns ms, rt ms, rt ms rns, rt ms ms rns rns, rt ms, rt
45.17 0.46 0.41 0.90
rns ms, rt ms, rt rns, ir, uv, rt
tr”
tr 3.60 tr tr
tr 1.00 tr tr tr 0.40 tr 2.92 ndd nd 0.23 0.29 7.12 0.59 0.61 6.22 6.49 tr tr 2.20 tr
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