CONTENTS

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Otto Wallach memorial session VII
4. Acknowledgements IX
5. CONTENTS XI
6. SECTION I. COMPOSITION OF ESSENTIAL OILS, FLAVOURS AND FLOWER VOLATILES
7. The flavour of the passionfruit - a review 3
8. Aroma volatiles of Nigella Sativa L. seeds 49
9. Study of the fragrance given off by certain springtime flowers 57
10. Essential oil composition of some nigerian medicinal plants 69
11. Volatile constituents of Achillea Wilhelmsii C. Koch (syn. A. Santolina auct. mult.) from egypt and the turkey 85
12. Volatiles of Orthosiphon Stamineus Benth. 93
13. The chemical composition of laurel leaf oil, obtained by steam distillation and hydrodiffusion 99
14. Volatile constituents of coriander fruit cultivated at different localities and isolated by different methods 111
15. Essential oil of Cedrela Odorata L. (meliaceae) from brazil - revised list of constituents 117
16. Variations in the essential oil content and composition in individual plants obtained after breeding experiments with a Valeriana officinalis strain 123
17. GC/MS analysis of essential oils of some tagetes species 131
18. Comparison of the volatile composition of some Calamintha/ Satureja species 139
19. The essential oils of three origanum species grown in turkey 151
20. Chemical composition and variation of the essential oil from the norwegian Thymus praecox ss. arcicus and Thymus pulegioides 157
21. Carvacrol and thymol chemotypes of east mediteranean wild labiatae herbs 163
22. The essential oil of Portuguese pine needles. First results 169
23. SECTION II. NEW CONSTITUENTS OF ESSENTIAL OILS
24. Isolation and synthesis of compounds from the essential oil of Helichrysum Italicum 177
25. Analytical results concerning the essential oil of Artemisia pallene 197
26. Isolation and synthesis of (Z,Z)-4,7-Decadienal, the character impact compound in the oil of Acorus calamus L. 215
27. New natural products of structural and olfactory interest identified in fig leaf absolute (Ficus carica L.) 227
28. An unusual compound isolated from Mentha piperita oil 241
29. New terpenoids from mexican stevia species 249
30. A volatile diterpenoid from Ammi visnaga fruits 263
31. Terpene alcohols in B-D-Glucosides in the leaves of dalmatian Salvia officinalis 267
32. Structural elucidation of an irregular sesquiterpene alcohol from Peucedanum palustre (L.) moench 271
33. New constituents from the essential oils of pimpinella species 279
34. SECTION III. SYNTHESIS OF TERPENOIDS
35. Sesquiterpene syntheses via cationic π-cyclizations 301
36. First total synthesis of spirosantalol, a sesquiterpene alcohol from east indian sandalwood oil 321
37. Synthesis of Tetramethyl Monoterpenes 329
38. Synthesis of fragrance compounds within the bicyclo[2.2.2]octane series 349
39. Synthesis of g- and d-lactones and their odorous and plant-growth regulating activity 357
40. SECTION IV. BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY
41. Transformations of terpenoids 367
42. Screening for volatile terpenes in yeasts 395
43. Antimicrobial screening of essential oils - aspects of the agar overlay technique 401
44. Comparative study on the production and accumulation of essential oil in the whole plant and in tissue cultures of Pimpinelia anisum 421
45. Action of terpenoids on energy metabolism 429
46. SECTION V. BIOLOGY, AGRICULTURE, ECOLOGY
47. Ultrastructure of the essential oil secretion in the oil glands of the fruit peel of mandarin (citrus deliciosa ten.) 449
48. Native south african aromatic plants - a possible vehicle for rural development 461
49. Germination and floral biology of jasmines 485
50. Studies on the essential oils from turkish fennel seeds (Foeniculum vulgare m. var. dulce) 487
51. The commercial exploitation of lichens for the perfume industry 491
52. SECTION VI. METHODS FOR SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF VOLATILES
53. HRGC-FTIR investigations on volatile terpenes 507
54. Isolation and gas chromatographic separation of menthol and menthone enantiomers from natural peppermint oils 529
55. Application of headspace gas chromatography in essential oil analysis. VII. Hydrodistillation compared with headspace 551
56. Analysis of the volatiles from fruits of heracleum species by HSGC - an interlaboratory study 555
57. Reaction gaschromatography for structure elucidation of terpenoid alcohols. Sesquiterpene alcohols present in the insecticidal essential oil of Chrysanthemum balsamita 565
58. Analysis of dried plant material directly introduced into a mass spectrometer (part I of investigations on medicinal plants by mass spectrometry) 577
59. The use of high resolution mass spectrometry in GC/MS coupling for analysing complex mixtures of volatiles 597
60. The reliability of similarity indices for comparing spectral data in the GC-MS analysis of terpenes 619
61. The calculation of column polarities 623
62. Adsorbents for the dynamical headspace 637
63. Ion trap detector: the techniques and it's application 643
64. The thermal conductivity detector (TCD) in capillary gas chromatography 649
65. AUTHOR INDEX 653
66. SUBJECT INDEX 655
67. Backmatter 669