CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM PAULOWNIA TOMENTOSA FLOWERS

The essential oil from the flowers of Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud. was obtained through hydrodistillation. The chemical components were separated and identified by GC-MS. Relative content of each component was determined by area nomalization. Sixty-nine compounds representing 89.33% of the oil were identified. The most abundant constituents were benzyl alcohol (13.276%), 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene (8.342%), phenol,2-methoxy-3-(2-propenyl)(6.141%), phenol,3,4-dimethoxy-( 3.986% ), tricosane(3.682%) and pentacosane (3.238%).