Essential Oils from Leaves and Inflorescences ofOcimum micranthumWilld. from Northeastern Brazil

Authors :: Francisco José de Abreu Matos
Francisco Kleber Fernandes Aurélio
Joseé Wilson Alencar
Maria Iracema L. Machado
Maria Goretti de Vasconcelos Silva
Afrânio Aragão Craveiro
Source :: Journal of Essential Oil Research. 10:77-78
Publication Year :: 1998
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 1998.
Abstract: The leaf and inflorescence oils of Ocimum micranthum Willd. were investigated by GC (retention time data), GC/MS and 13C-NMR spectroscopy. The main constituents in the leaves were eugenol (44.8%) and β-caryophyllene (14.7%), whereas in the inflorescence elemicin (32.9%) and eugenol (14.0%) were the major compounds

Subjects :: Eugenol
chemistry.chemical_compound
Inflorescence
biology
Chemistry
Elemicin
Botany
General Chemistry
β caryophyllene
Ocimum
biology.organism_classification
Retention time

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