Aromatic Plants of Tropical Central Africa. III. Constituents of the Essential Oil of the Leaves ofTithonia diversifolia(Hemsl.) A. Gray from Cameroon
- 1 November 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Essential Oil Research
- Vol. 3 (6) , 399-402
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1991.9697973
Abstract
The composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Tithonia diversifolia were studied by capillary gas chromatography. The analysis using a combination of retention indices and combined GC/MS led to the identification of 20 components. The oil contains mainly monoterpenoids (88.2%) out of which 87.4% are monoterpene hydrocarbons and some sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (8%). The major constituent was (Z)-β-ocimene (40.2%).Keywords
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