(African Journal of Biotechnology, 2006-09-10) Magwa, M.L; Gundidza, M; Coopoosamy, R.M; Mayekiso, B
Volatile compounds oils play a significant role in perfumery, cosmetic, medicinal and pharmaceutical
industries. In our protracted research for new useful essential oils, a volatile oil from Aloe ferox was
obtained by prolonged hydrodistillation. This volatile oil was subjected to GC/MS analysis to identify the major constituents of the oil. The major constituents identified were as follows: 3, 6 octatriene (23.86%), 3-cyclohexane-1-hetanol (7.31%), Bornylene (5.24%), 1, 3-cyclopentadiene (4.07) and 5-methyl3-heptanol (3.92%). A significant number of other volatiles were also identified but in minor concentrations.
