Planta Med 1999; 65(2): 184-186
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960464
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Essential Oil of Achyrocline satureioides, Achyrocline alata and Achyrocline tomentosa

Diana Ondina Labuckas1 , Damián Modesto Maestri1 , Nelson Rubén Grosso2 , Julio Alberto Zygadlo1
  • 1Cátedra de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, IMBIV, ICTA, Córdoba, Argentina
  • 2Cátedra de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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1998

1998

Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Essential oils obtained from the inflorescences of Achyrocline satureioides (Lam.) DC, Achyrocline alata (HBK) DC and Achyrocline tomentosa Rusby, collected from central Argentina, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-two compounds representing 93-98% of the oils were identified. Caryophyllene was the most abundant component in all oils studied (39-48%).

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