Essential oil composition of Scleria hir
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José Guilherme S. Maia; Milton Helio L. da Silva; Eloisa Helena A. Andrade; Nels
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The essential oil of Scleria hirtella was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC-MS. The major constituents were nonanal (42.0%), geranial (25.3%) and neral (15.3%). It is a remarkable essential oil presenting a series of aliphatic aldehydes between C-7 and C-15, where the C-9 deriv