Essential Oil Composition of Pleurothyrium cinereum Leaves

Cuca-Suárez, Luis E. ^[1] ; Coy-Barrera, Ericsson ^[2]
1. [1] Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  
  Universidad Nacional de Colombia
  
  Colombia
2. [2] Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
  
  Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
  
  Colombia
Localización: Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, ISSN-e 1900-4699, Vol. 8, Num. 2, 2012, págs. 310-315
Idioma: español
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- The essential oil of jigua (Pleurothyrium cinereum, Lauraceae) leaves was extracted by steam distillation and analysed by GC (gas chromatography) and GC/MS (gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). Seventeen compounds were identified. The main components detected were β-caryophyllene (21.3%), caryophyllene oxide (18.7%), guaiol (15.5%), α-cadinene (7.3%), and germacrene-D (6.8%). The composition of essential oil from P. cinereum leaves is in agreement with the chemical composition of several neotropical Lauraceae plants.