Ninde oil (Aeollanthus myrianthus Taylor) revisited: Analysis of a historical oil

Baser K., Kurkcuoglu M., Demirci B.

JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, vol.17, no.2, pp.137-138, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/10412905.2005.9698856
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.137-138
  • Keywords: Aeollanthus myrianthus, Aeollanthus gamwelliae, Lamiaceae, ninde oil, essential oil composition, geraniol
  • Anadolu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new analysis by GC and GC/MS was made on a sample of ninde oil that had been produced by water and steam distillation in 1934/35 from flowers of Aeollanthus myrianthus Bak. (Lamiaceae) of Northern Zambian origin. Forty-one compounds were characterized, representing 95% of the oil with geraniol (66.0%), geranyl acetate (12.5%), geranial (4%) and geranyl formate (3.7%) as main constituents.