Volatile constituents in juice and oil of Australian wild lime (Microcitrus inodora).

Abstract Fifty-three volatile constituents from the juice and twenty from the peel oil of Microcitrus inodora have been identified by gas chromatographic and mass spectral analysis. All except seven had been reported earlier as citrus constituents. Since M. inodora is used as a parent for production of new citrus hybrids, this information will be useful to horticulturists, plant breeders and phytochemists.