Claim · model-written summary
Xanthostemon paradoxus leaf oil was sesquiterpenoid, with beta-caryophyllene as a principal component at 14%.
- Taxon
- Xanthostemon paradoxus
Xanthostemon paradoxuse0 - Outcome
- β-caryophyllenee0
- Value
- 14%e0
Verbatim
e0“Xanthostemon paradoxus produced a leaf oil that was sesquiterpenoid in nature. The principal components were β-caryophyllene (14%)”
Title
A Preliminary Examination of the Leaf Oils of the GenusXanthostemon(Myrtaceae) in Australia
Joseph J. Brophy; Robert J. Goldsack; Paul I. Forster Journal of Essential Oil Research 2006. doi:10.1080/10412905.2006.9699071
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Observation Xanthostemon arenarius leaf oil was dominated by sesquiterpenes, with beta-selinene as a principal component at 12-17%.
- Observation Xanthostemon chrysanthus leaf oil had the beta-triketone leptospermone as principal component at 65-84%.
- Observation X. crenulatus leaf oil was dominated by the sesquiterpene ketone cyclocolorenone at 65-80%.
- Observation X. eucalyptoides leaf oil was dominated by aromatic ketones, with baeckeol methyl ether at 34-41%.
- Observation X. formosus leaf oil was sesquiterpenoid, with beta-caryophyllene as a principal component at 10-24%.
- Observation Xanthostemon graniticus produced an unusual monoterpenic leaf oil whose principal component was alpha-pinene at 69.5%.
- Observation Xanthostemon oppositifolius oil was dominated by beta-triketones, with xanthostemone as a principal component at 1625% (as written).
- Observation Xanthostemon psidioides oil was dominated by beta-triketones, the principal component being xanthostemone at 73.1%.
- Observation Xanthostemon umbrosus, the most widely distributed species investigated, produced a variable leaf oil.
- Observation Some X. umbrosus oils were dominated by the sesquiterpene ketone cyclocolorenone at 77-83%.
- Observation X. verticillatus leaf oil was unusual, containing 1,3-dimethoxy-5-isopropylbenzene as its major component at 96-97%.
- Observation Xanthostemon whitei gave a sesquiterpenic leaf oil similar to that of X. arenarius.
- Observation Xanthostemon youngii gave a sesquiterpenic oil with alpha-copaene as a principal component at 3-13%.
- Observation Xanthostemon sp. (Bolt Head JRC +8805) gave a terpenoid oil whose major components were hydrocarbons, gamma-cadinene at 18%.
- Observation Leaf oil yields across the Xanthostemon species ranged 0.1-0.6% w/w on fresh leaves.