Chemical Composition of Essential Oil from Chimonanthus praecox Flower

Objective] To analyze the aroma constituents of essential oils from Chi-monanthus praecox. [Method] Extracted by microwave-assisted hydrodistil ation （MAHD）, aroma constituents of essential oils of Chimonanthus praecox flowers were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry （GC-MS）. Normalization method was used to determine the constituents quantitatively. [Result] Total y 27 compounds were identified, accounting for 98.85% of total amounts. The main aroma con-stituents are terpenes, aldehydes, esters, alcohols and hydrocarbons. Main compo-nents with relative percentage over 5% are germacrene D （25.62%）, bornyl acetate （16.71%）, caryophyl ene （10.51%）, cis-α-ocimene （5.18%）, γ-elemene （8.05%）, β-linalool （5.01%）, 1-ethenyl-1-methyl-2,4-bis （1-methylethenyl）-cyclohexane （7.18%） and 2,3,4,4α,5,6-hexahydro-1,4αdimethyl-7-（1-methylethyl）-naphthalene （5.20%）. [Conclu-sion] The study provided a theoretical reference for the development and utilization of Chimonanthus praecox resources.