The volatile components of the flower and fruit oils from Pittosporum tobira (Thunb.) Ait. grown in Iran, obtained through hydrodistillation, were analyzed by GC/MS. Sixteen compounds (representing 90.7% of the oil) and seventeen constituents (representing 89.9% of the oil) were identified in the flower and fruit oils, respectively. While the flower oil contained α-pinene (38.6%), n-nonane (11.8%), (E)-nerolidol (9.0%) and (E)-β-ocimene (7.7%), the fruit oil contained α-pinene (30.2%), n-nonane (12.2%), germacrene-D (12.0%), α-cubebene (7.6%) and β-cubebene (5.1%) as the main compounds.
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