Essential oils of Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br growing wild in the Brazilian Amazon

The essential oils of aerial parts of specimens of Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br were analysed by GC–MS. The plants were collected at three municipalities of Pará State, Brazil, and their oils shown to be quite different. The samples of essential oils may be divided into three groups. The first, type...

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Published in:Flavour and fragrance journal 1998-01, Vol.13 (1), p.47-48
Main Authors: Zoghbi, Maria das G. B., Andrade, Eloisa H. A., Santos, Alberdan S., Silva, Milton Hélio L., Maia, José Guilherme S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1,8‐cineole
8-cineole
Applied sciences
Biological and medical sciences
carvone
Chemical industry and chemicals
citral
Essential oils, perfumes
Exact sciences and technology
General pharmacology
geranial
germacrene-D
limonene
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br
Medical sciences
myrcene
neral
Pharmacognosy. Homeopathy. Health food
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
sabinene
Verbenaceae
Washing products. Cosmetics and toiletries. Perfumes
β-caryophyllene
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Summary:The essential oils of aerial parts of specimens of Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Br were analysed by GC–MS. The plants were collected at three municipalities of Pará State, Brazil, and their oils shown to be quite different. The samples of essential oils may be divided into three groups. The first, type A (collected at Santa Maria), is characterized by 1,8‐cineole (34.9%), limonene (18.4%), carvone (8.6%) and sabinene (8.2%). The second, type B (collected at Belterra), is dominated by limonene (32.1%), carvone (31.8%) and myrcene (11.0%). The third, type C (collected at Chaves), is represented by neral (13.7%), geranial (22.5%), germacrene‐D (25.4%) and β‐caryophyllene (10.2%). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0882-5734
1099-1026
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1026(199801/02)13:1<47::AID-FFJ690>3.0.CO;2-0