Essential oil of Lepechinia schiedeana (Lamiaceae) from Costa Rica

Authors
Ciccio, JF Soto, VH Poveda, LJ
Citation
Jf. Ciccio et al., Essential oil of Lepechinia schiedeana (Lamiaceae) from Costa Rica, REV BIOL TR, 47(3), 1999, pp. 373-375
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL
ISSN journal
00347744 → ACNP
Volume
47
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
373 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(199909)47:3<373:EOOLS(>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The composition of the essential oil isolated by steam distillation from ae rial parts of the Costa Rican herb Lepechinia schiedeana (Schlecht) Vatke ( Lamiaceae) collected in Fl Empalme, Costa Rica, was determined by capillary gas chromatography (GC) and coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ( GCMS) analyses. Fifty-one components were identified corresponding ca. 93% of the oil. The major components were beta-pinene (26.6%), cis -pinocamphon e (25.1%), delta-3-carene (6.1%), trans -pinocamphone (4.0%), camphor (3.8% ) and beta-caryophyllene (3.7%).