Study of Volatile Components of Acacia farnesiana Willd . Flowers Papaefthimiou Evangelia, Vagias Constantinos, Couladis Maria and Tzakou Olga Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli Zographou, 157 71 Athens, Greece Abstract: The chemical composition of the essential oil and the absolute of five populations of Acacia farnesiana, cultivated in Greece, have been investigated. The saturated hydrocarbons tricosane, nonadecane and heneicosane, along with methyl salicylate, characterized the chemical analysis of the essential oils and the absolutes, while hexadecanoic acid and α -amyrine were important constituents of some absolutes. Keywords: Acacia sp.; essential oil; absolutes; cultivated . © 2017 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.
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