Chemical composition of the essential oils from Turkish and Honduras Styrax

Abstract

The essential oil composition of two different styrax gums, Asian and American were analysed by GC and GC-MS. Fifty-eight components representing more than 99.4% of the oil from Asian styrax gum and 57 components representing more than 99% of the oil from American styrax gum were identified. The major components were styrene (70.4 and 30.9% respectively), α-pinene (19.4 and 19.6%) and β β β β β-caryophyllene (0.2 and 20.2%) for the two oils. These results show that we could identify an Asian from an American styrax by relative amounts of styrene and β β β β β-caryophyllene in the essential oils.

Determination of allelopathic potentials in plant species in Sino-Japanese floristic region by sandwich method and dish pack method

“…The major components of the leaf oil were reported to be styrene, dlimonene, α-pinene and β-pinene, and that of the stem oil were germacrine D, α-cadinol, d-limonene, α-pinene, and β-pinene [45], [46]. These essential oils showed anti-inflammatory activity with low cytotoxicity thus backing its traditional use in treating inflammation.…”

True and common balsams

“…Styrene is the major component in both oils, but it is more abundant in the Asian Storaque (70.4%) than in the American one (30.9%). On the other hand, β-caryophyllene is more abundant in the American Storaque (20.2%) together with α-pinene (19.6%), than in the Asian Storaque (0.2%) (Fernandez et al, 2005). Some of the substances identified by Fernandez et al (2005) were also observed by Boelens et al (1982) in the same balsam, such as the styrene, p-cymene, limonene, terpinolene, cinnamyl alcohol, α-cubebene, and other substances in minor quantities.…”

The Antimicrobial Activity of <i>Aliquidambar orientalis</i> mill. Against Food Pathogens and Antioxidant Capacity of Leaf Extracts

“…L. orientalis is a herbaceous plant known to have medicinal and cosmetic properties and is widely used in phytotherapy in the Mediterranean region. The storax produced by injuring L. orientalis has good antiseptic properties (Fernandez, 2005; Lee et al, 2009). Also it is used as a topical parasiticide, expectorant and for the treatment of some skin diseases in Turkish folk medicine.…”