Acta Pharm. 49 (1999) 133-135

Acta Pharm. 49 (1999) 133–135

Short communication

Analysis of the volatiles of mango exudate

P. MOHAMED SHAFI^1* and ALDO TAVA²

¹ Department of Chemistry, Calicut University, Kerala, India 673 635
² Instituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere, V. le Piacenza 29, 26900 Lodi, Italy

Received March 16, 1999 Accepted April 28, 1999

A liquid oozes out on removal of the pedicel from mangoe. Twenty eight compounds were identified by GC and GC-MS in volatiles of this exudate. Major components identified were limonene and alfa-pinene.

Analysis of the volatiles of mango exudate

P. MOHAMED SHAFI1* and ALDO TAVA2

1 Department of Chemistry, Calicut University, Kerala, India 673 6352 Instituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere, V. le Piacenza 29, 26900 Lodi, Italy

P. MOHAMED SHAFI^1* and ALDO TAVA²

¹ Department of Chemistry, Calicut University, Kerala, India 673 635
² Instituto Sperimentale per le Colture Foraggere, V. le Piacenza 29, 26900 Lodi, Italy