| citrus essential oil of nigeria. part v: volatile constituents of sweet orange leaf oil (citrus sinensis). | the volatile oils extracted from leaves of eight cultivars of citrus sinensis (l) osbeck were comprehensively analysed by a combination of gc and gc-ms. fifty four constituents accounting for 82.3-98.2% were identified. sabinene (20.9-49.1%), delta-3-carene (0.3-14.3%), (e)-beta-ocimene (4.4-12.6%), linalool (3.7-11.1%) and terpinen-4-ol (1.7-12.5%) were the major constituents that are common to all the volatile oils. in addition, a cluster analysis was carried out and indicated at least four di ... | 2011 | 21815430 |