Leaf Oils of Two BrazilianPiperSpecies:Piper arboreumAublet var.latifolium(CDC) Yuncker andPiper hispidumSw.
- 1 November 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Essential Oil Research
- Vol. 6 (6) , 643-644
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.1994.9699360
Abstract
The chemical composition of the leaf oils of Piper arboreum var. latifolium and P. hispidum were analyzed by a combination of GC/MS, 13C-NMR and Kovats indices. The main constituents found in the oil of P. hispidum were γ-cadinene (25.13%), camphene (15.61%), γ-guaiene (11.47%) and γ-elemene (10.88%). The oil of P. arboreum var. latifolium showed a high yield of germacrene D (72.87%)Keywords
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