Miyazawa Mitsuo, Horiuchi Eri, Kawata Jyunichi
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Higashiosaka-shi, Osaka, Japan.
J Oleo Sci. 2007;56(9):457-61. doi: 10.5650/jos.56.457.
A steam distilled oil obtained from Matteuccia struthiopteris was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil was found to contain 103 volatile components, and (E)-phytol (24.8%), nonanal (15.1%) and decanal (7.6%) as the main compounds. The oil included two aldehydes known as sea-weed like odor, (8Z, 11Z, 14Z)-heptadecatrienal (0.6%) and (8Z, 11Z)-heptadecadienal (0.1%). The most characteristic aroma compound was (6Z)-nonenal.