Volatile constituents of leaf oils from the Cupressacea family: Part II. Austrocedrus chilensis, Fitzroya cupressoides and Pilgerodendron uviferum species growing in Argentina

The oils from Austrocedrus chilensis, Fitzroya cupressoides and Pilgerodend ron uviferum leaves collected in the Argentinian Patagonia were isolated st eam distillation yielding 0.50%; 0.22% and 0.19% of essential oils, respect ively. Leaf oils were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents of ea ch oil were: (i) Austrocedrus chilensis oil: alpha-pinene (53.5%), myrcene (14.9%) and delta-3-carene (11,9%); (ii) Fitzroya cupressoides oil: alpha-p inene (40.8%), spathulenol (5.6%), (Z)-nerolidol (5.5%), alpha-cadinol (4.4 %) and cis-calamenene (4.4%); and (iii) Pilgerodendron uviferum oil: alpha- pinene (38.0%), alpha-bisabolol (13.0%), epi-alpha-muurolol (12.0%), delta- cadinene (11.9%), limonene (8.0%), beta-pinene (3.4%) and myrcene (3.2%).