Essential oils of plants of the genus Citrus L. (Rutaceae) possess significant nutritional and pharmacological potential, making it important to study their component composition. GC-MS was used for the first time to study essential oils from the leaves and peel of Ponderosa lemon (Citrus × pyriformis Hassk.), cultivated indoors at the Donetsk Botanical Garden. It was found that the oil yield from the leaves (0.20 %) was 1.5 times lower than that from the peel (0.30 %). The component composition of the oils differed significantly: citral predominated in petitgrain oil from the leaves (66.94 %), while D-limonene was the main component in the peel oil (63.65 %). The obtained data were compared with literature sources and demonstrate the influence of cultivation conditions on terpenoid biosynthesis.
Shevchuk O.M., Prykhodko S.A., Ostapenko R.V., Feskov S.A.
