Research Article

Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effect of Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.

Table 1

Chemical composition of resin essential oil of P. heptaphyllum, EOPh.

ConstituentsArea (%) EOPh  
Com. resins
Area (%) EOPh  
Nat. resins

-Thujene9240.19nd
-Pinene9320.712.89
Sabinene9690.48nd
-Pinene9710.29nd
-Phellandrene10021.427.00
3-Carene10085.111.26
-Cymene101917.0426.87
Limonene102334.5128.88
Eucalyptol102520.64nd
-Linalool10950.83nd
Limonene oxide11320.35nd
trans-Pinocarveol1135nd1.00
Camphor1141nd1.60
4-Terpineol11741.121.51
-Cymen-8-ol11791.503.22
Criptone11830.80nd
-Terpineol11869.7518.39
trans-Carveol12151.210.92
Cuminal12380.401.65
Carvone12391.631.27
Piperitone12490.731.32
Spathulenol1577nd2.2
-Sinensal17551.29nd

The identification of the constituents was carried out by comparing the retention index (RI) and the pattern of fragmentation of the mass spectra with literature data and with the database of the analysis system. ’s Index theoretical [19]. nd: not detected or low relative abundance.