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Preliminary data on essential oil composition of the moss Rhodobryum ontariense (Kindb.) Kindb.

Boris PEJIN, Ljubodrag VUJISIC, Marko S. SABOVLJEVIĆ, Vele TESEVIC & Vlatka VAJS

en Cryptogamie, Bryologie 32 (2) - Pages 113-117

Published on 29 April 2011

The essential oil composition of the moss Rhodobryum ontariense obtained by hydrodistillation was preliminary analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Thirteen compounds (86.41 of the total oil) were identified. The main chemical constituents were phytol (31.95) and 1-octen-3-ol (15.44). Such an abundance of phytol has not yet been reported in other mosses. Four chemicals (cis-decahydronaphthalene, allo-hedycaryol, jasmone and 2,5,5,8a-tetramethyl-1,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-octahydronaphthalene-1-carboxylic acid, methyl ester) are first records, not only for the genus Rhodobryum and mosses in general, but also for the group of bryophytes as a whole.


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