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Moringa oleifera is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in the family Moringaceae. It is widely cultivated in Africa, Central and South America, Sri Lanka, India, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The tree is grown mainly in semi-arid, tropical, and subtropical areas. The cultivation of it started in Okinawa, Nagasaki and so on in Japan. It has an impressive range of medicinal uses with high nutritional value. The objective of the present study was to analize the volatile composition of the steam distilled water of Moringa by GC-MS. And total sulfur constituents （sulfide and isocyanate group components） in the distilled water were measured by using the turbidimetry with the barium sulphate.As results, various aldehydes（isovaleraldehyde, 2-methylbutanal, trans-2-hexenal and nnonanal） and the sulphur constituents（propan-1-isothiocyanate, isobutylisothiocyanate, carbon disulfide, dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide） were detected by GC-MS analysis. It is thought that carbon disulfide, dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide were products of the splitting of isocyanate group. The amount of total sulfur constituents to the Moringa distilled water was related in the weight of the leaf. |
