Volatile constituents of the flower and fruit oils of Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. grown in Iran.

The volatile components of the flower and fruit oils from Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. grown in Iran, obtained through hydrodistillation, were analyzed by GC/MS. Sixteen compounds (representing 90.7% of the oil) and seventeen constituents (representing 89.9% of the oil) were identified in the flower and fruit oils, respectively. While the flower oil contained a-pinene (38.6%), n-nonane (11.8%), (E)-nerolidol (9.0%) and (E)-beta-ocimene (7.7%), the fruit oil contained a-pinene (30.2%), n-nonane (12.2%), germacrene-D (12.0%), a-cubebene (7.6%) and beta-cubebene (5.1%) as the main compounds.