Hyphenated GC-MS Determination of Volatile Constituents in Lilium

Volatile components of lilium were extracted by water steam distillation and analyzed by using gas,chromatography-mass spectrometry. (GC-MS). A total-of 72 volatile oil components were identified and the relative content of each component was determined by area normalization. Among 72 volatile oil components, 48 compounds identified amount to % of the total amount of volatile oil. The major compounds were found to be 1-dodecene (8.04 %) 1-docosene (7.35 %), 1-hexadecanol (5 %), ethanol 2-(9-octadecenyloxy)-, (Z)-(4.22%), n-hexadecanoic acid (3.27 %), benzofuran, 4,7-dimethyl- (3.26%) and hexadecane-1,2-diol (3.09%).