Essential oil composition of Taxus wallichiana Zucc. from the Northern Himalayan region of India

The leaves of Indian yew Taxus wallichiana, growing in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, on hydrodistillation, gave 0.025% oil on a fresh weight basis. GC and GC‐MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 62 constituents, representing 93.3% of the oil. The main constituents identified in the leaf oil were (E)‐2‐octen‐1‐ol (14.5%), n‐pentacosane (8.1%), caryophyllene oxide (7.1%), 1‐octanol (6.5%), hexanoic acid (5.5%) and (Z)‐3‐hexenol (4.1%).