Analysis of Paeonia emodi root oil

Abstract

The root oil of Paeonia emodi was analyzed. Unsaponifiable lipid was found to contain a mixture of n-alkanes C14-C33; β-amyrin, butyrospermol, cycloartenol, lupeol, 24-methylenecycloartanol; two unidentified triterpene diols; cholesterol (?), campesterol, and sitosterol. Saponifiable lipid contains octanoic, decanoic, lauric, myristic, myristoleic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic and linoleic acids. © 1983 American Oil Chemists' Society.