Essential oil of Myrrhinium atropurpureum Schott (Myrtaceae) leaves

Authors
Limberger, RP Moreno, PRH Farias, FM Sobral, M Henriques, AT
Citation
Rp. Limberger et al., Essential oil of Myrrhinium atropurpureum Schott (Myrtaceae) leaves, J ESSEN OIL, 13(1), 2001, pp. 47-48
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH
ISSN journal
10412905 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
47 - 48
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-2905(200101/02)13:1<47:EOOMAS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Myrrhinium a tropurpureum (Myrtaceae) growing in southern Brazil were analyzed by CC and GC/MS. Twenty compounds (99.3%) have been identified of which alpha -pinen e (12.2%), limonene (35.0%) and 1,8-cineole (23.4%) were the major componen ts.