Quantification of the components in commercial essential oil of Eucalyptus globulus labill. by gas chromatography – GC-FID and GC-MS

Miriam Anders Apel; Rodney A.F. Rodrigues; Luiz Alberto Lira Soares; Amélia Terezinha Henriques

doi:10.22456/2527-2616.79217

Authors

Miriam Anders Apel Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Quality Control of Phytomedicines from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Rodney A.F. Rodrigues Laboratory of Pharmacognosy from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Luiz Alberto Lira Soares Laboratory of Pharmacognosy from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Universidade Federal do Pernambuco
Amélia Terezinha Henriques Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Quality Control of Phytomedicines from the Faculty of Pharmacy at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2527-2616.79217

Keywords:

Eucalyptus globulus, 1,8-cineole, GC-FID, Quality Control

Abstract

Leaves of Eucalytus globulus Labill are characterized by the presence of essential oil, in which 1,8-cineole is the main component. The oil is used as an expectorant for symptomatic treatment of mild inflammation of the respiratory tract and bronchitis. This work addresses the chemical quantification of the constituents of E. globulus essential oil by gas chromatography. Commercial samples were diluted and analyzes by gas chromatograph coupled to flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The chromatographic separation was performed on a fused silica capillary (LM-20, 30 m x 0.25 mm x 0.25 μm film thickness) column. The proposed GC-FID method has demonstrated to have specificity and high sensitivity. The quantitation by the normalization technique demonstrated to be adequate for the analysis. Thus, the proposed method is effective for the quantification of E. globulus oil constituents, which may help in the quality control of commercial formulations.

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