Study Set Content:
uses:
antifungal, antibacterial, employed topically in lotions, creams, and oint.
Phenol volatile oil drug sources:
• thyme
• myrcia oil
• creosote
• juniper tar
• pine tar
• clove
CLOVE from dried flower bud of
Eugenia caryophyllus
Fam.
Myrtaceae
constituents:
acid, oleanolic acid eugenin
uses:
flavor, Carminative
more important phenolic ether volatile oil
anethole & safrole
phenolic ether volatile oil sources:
o fennel
o anise
o Star anise
o Nutmeg
NUTMEG - or myristica is the dried, ripe seed of
Myristica fragrans
Fam.
Myristicaceae
constituents:
safrole, & myristicin
uses:
flavor and condiment
EUCALYPTUS OIL - from the dried, scythe-shaped leaf of
Eucalyptus globulus
Fam.
Myrtaceae
constituents
70-85% cineole phellandrene, piperitone
(or eucalyptol, also called cajuputol because it occurs in cajuput),
cineole
most common esters that occur in volatile oils:
o acetates of terpineol
o acetates of borneol
o acetates of geraniol
o allyl isothiocyanate (in mustard oil)
o methyl salicylate (in wintergreen oil)
Ester volatile oil drug sources:
• lavender
• pine needle
• mustard
• gaultheria
GAULTHERIA wintergreen, teaberry or checkerberry.
Gaultheria procumbens
Fam.
Ericaceae
