1978 年 52 巻 12 号 p. 607-610
The essential oil was obtained in 0.049% yield by steam distillation from the fresh flowers of Yucca filamentosa L., which were collected at Osaka-shi in June 1977. The essential oil was investigated by gas chromatography, instrumental analysis and each component was identified by comparison with authentic samples.
As the result, it was found that the major components of the oil were heptadecane and nonadecane, whereas, in the case of Y. gloriosa L., the major components were cis-9-nonadecene and cis-8-heptadecene. The other differences between the both plants oil were not so great, but n-heptanol, furfuryl alcohol, benzyl alcohol, β-phenylethyl alcohol and nerolidol were newly identified as the minor components of Y. filamentosa L..