Chemical Composition of Eucalyptus globulus Oils from the Montenegro Coast and East Coast of Spain

ABSTRACT The essential oils obtained from the leaves, bare branches, flower buds and mature fruits of Eucalyptus globulus Labill, collected along the Montenegro seaboard in Yugoslavia, and in the region of the East Spanish coast on the Mediterranean Sea were examined by using GC and GC/MS. The leaf oils were found to contain 1,8-cineole (4.10–50.30%) depending upon maturity and origin of their collection site. Other major components of the leaf oils were α-pinene (0.05–17.85%), p-cymene (trace-27.22%), cryptone (0.00–17.80%) and spathulenol (0.12–17.00%). In contrast, the fruit, bud and branch oils contained α-thujene (0.00%, 11.95% and trace respectively), 1,8-cineole (15.31%, 36.95% and 56.96% respectively) and aromadendrene (23.33%, 16.57% and 8.24% respectively).