The essential oil was obtained by hexan. The sample oil, which was light yellow
in color, was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and stored under nitrogen in a
sealed vial until required. The oil obtained was analyzed by GC-MS and GC/MS.
The components of the oil were identified by comparison of their mass spectra to
those of a computer library or with authentic compounds and confirmed by
comparison of their retention indices, either those of authentic compounds or
data published in the literature.
The essential oil wasisolated by steam distillation from flowers of cultivated
Jasminum humile in Iran. It was analyzed by GC-MS and GC/MS. Among
eighteen identified compounds, the major components were (Z)-β-ocimene (27.7%),
p-cymene (13.3%), α-pinene (13.1%) and carvone (12.2%). Other compounds present
in appreciable amounts are γ-terpinene (8.4%), fenchol (7.3%), linalool (6.1%)
and fenchone (3.6%).