Department of Plant Science, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-21, Tamil Nadu
*Corresponding author: Dr. P. Sudhakar Swamy, e-mail: swamypsplantscience@gmail.com
The chemical composition of leaf volatile oil of Toddalia asiatica L. var. floribunda was analysed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Fifty eight compounds were identified and the major compounds were 1, 2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-methoxyethenyl) benzene (29.25%), β-pinene (13.91%), decanal (12.01%), bicyclogermacrene (5.22%), β-elemene (4.18%) and β- caryophyllene (3.15). Ethers (29.43%) form the majority of the compounds followed by sesquiterpenes (21.88%), monoterpenes (17.97%) and the alcohols (14.97%).
Toddalia asiatica, GC-MS, volatile oil, Rutaceae, sesquiterpenes, monoterpenes
