Terpenes of Persea tolimanensis (Lauraceae), an ancestor of the Guatemalan avocados

Persea tolimanenis is a recently described species from the Guatemalan highlands. It is considered to be an ancestor of the Guatemalan criollos and edible avocados together with Persia american ssp. nubigena and steyermarkii. Its essential leaf of, including the late eluting avocado furans, are here described for the first time. 0f 63 components eluted on a 30-mR tx-1 capillary column, 48 were identified through mass spectroscopy, and the MS data are given for the remaining 15 unkowns. The largest sesquiterpene was β-caryophyllene with 23%, the largest monoterpene was sabinene with 21%, and the largest furan component was avocadenofuran with 4.2%