Essential oil and lipids from the cone berries of Juniperus seravschanica

Abstract

Essential oil and neutral lipids from the cone berries of Juniperus seravschanica Kom. have been characterized for the first time. Fifty six components comprising 96.5% of the essential oil were identified; alpha-pinene (29.0%), beta-myrcene (17.9%), germacrene B (5.9%), and cedrol (3.1%) dominated; 5 classes of neutral lipids were found with a high content of the fatty acids 22:2 (10,13), 22:1 (13), and 18:2 (9,12).