COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VOLATILE COMPOUNDS IN THE FRESH FRUITS OF Mandragora autumnalis

Extracts of Mandragora autumnalis (mandrake) fruit have been analyzed by GC–MS. One-hundred and thirty-five compounds were identified in extracts obtained from the fruit after removal of the seeds – twentythree n-alkanes, one branched-chain alkane, two cyclohexanes, eight alkenes, two branched-chain alkenes, three alcohols, three aldehydes, six ketones, eight heterocyclic compounds, four thio compounds, six benzene hydrocarbons, three phenols, eighteen carboxylic acids, and forty-eight esters of carboxylic acids.