JOURNAL 324


Records of Natural Products
VOLUME & ISSUE
Year: 2010 Issue: 4 October-December
PAGES
p.205 - 210
STATISTICS
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AUTHORS
    Sha Sha Chu, Shao Liang Liu, Guo Hua Jiang and Zhi Long Liu
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ABSTRACT


The e ssential oil of Illicium simonsii f ruit w as obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 40 components of the essential oil were identified. The principal compounds in I. simonsii fruit essential oil were β-caryophyllene (10.30%), δ-cadinene (9.52%), methyl eugenol ( 8 .94), β-elemene (5.84%), and α-amorphene (5.20%). The essential oil possess ed strong fumigant toxicity against S itophilus zeamais adults with a LC 50 value of 14.95 mg/ L air. The essential oil also show ed contact toxicity against S. zeamais adults with a LD 50 value of 112.74 µg/adult.

KEYWORDS
  • Illicium simonsii
  • S itophilus zeamais
  • essential oil
  • fumigant
  • contact toxicity
  • caryophyllene