Purpose: To analyze the essential oil composition of the flower of
Jasminum officinale
L. var.
grandifloroum L. (
Jasminum grandiflorum) by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Methods: The optimum GC-MS conditions used for the analysis were 250 °C inlet temperature, 150 °C
MSD detector temperature, and GC oven temperature program as follows: 100 °C initial temperature,
increased to 270 °C at 4 °C/min, final temperature 270 °C and held for 7.5 min.
Results: Thirty compounds were identified, representing 99.28 % of the oil content. The major volatile
components of the flower were 3,7,11,15- tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-oliphytolj (25.77 %), 3,7,11-
trimethyldodeca -1,6,10-trien-3-ol (12.54 %) and 3,7,11,15- tetramethyl -1-Hexadecen-3-ol (12.42 %).
Conclusion: The results show that phytol is the major volatile component of
Jasminum grandiflorum.
