Volatile Oil Profile of Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum) Pericarps from Different Locations in China.

ABSTRACT: Volatile oils of prickly ash (Zanthoxylum) pericarps have various potential biological functions with considerable relevance to food, pharmacological, and industrial applications. The volatile profile of oils extracted from prickly ash pericarps obtained from 72 plantations in China was determined by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Several chemometric analyses were used to better understand the volatile oil profile differences among different pericarps and to determine the key factors that affected geographical variations in the main volatile constituents of oils. A total of 47 constituents were detected with D-limonene, alfa-myrcene, and linalool as the most abundant. The volatile profile of pericarp oils was significantly affected by prickly ash species and some environmental f

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8535335 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature