Jw. Mwangi et al., Composition of the essential oil of Microglossa pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew var. pyrrhopappa from Kenya, J ESSEN OIL, 13(4), 2001, pp. 229-230
The essential oil of Microglossa pyrrhopappa var. pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agn
ew (Compositae) from Kenya has been studied for the first time. Analysis of
the oil by GC and GC/MS reveals that the major compounds were beta -caryop
hyllene (20.3%), gamma -gurjunene (11.5%), limonene (8.5%) and delta -cadin
ene (6.1%).