Essential oils of Achyrocline satureioides, Achyrocline alata and Achyrocline tomentosa

Authors
Labuckas, DO Maestri, DM Grosso, NR Zygadlo, JA
Citation
Do. Labuckas et al., Essential oils of Achyrocline satureioides, Achyrocline alata and Achyrocline tomentosa, PLANTA MED, 65(2), 1999, pp. 184-186
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Toxicology
Journal title
PLANTA MEDICA
ISSN journal
00320943 → ACNP
Volume
65
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
184 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0943(199903)65:2<184:EOOASA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Essential oils obtained from the inflorescences of Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC, Achyrocline alata (HBK) DC and Achyrocline tomentosa Rusby, col lected from central Argentina, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-two com pounds representing 93-98% of the oils were identified. Caryophyllene was t he most abundant component in all oils studied (39-48%).