The essential oils of fresh leaves, ¯owers and fruits of Vitex agnus-castus L., growing in north Brazil, were obtained by hydrodistillation and their volatile constituents were identi®ed by GC±MS. The most abundant constituents found were 1,8-cineole, (E)-b-farnesene, sabinene, a-pinene, a-terpenyl
Essential oils from oleoresins of Protium spp. of the Amazon region
✍ Scribed by Mônica Freiman Souza Ramos; Antonio Carlos Siani; Marcelo Raul Romero Tappin; Anderson Cavalcante Guimarães; José Eduardo Lahoz da Silva Ribeiro
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 72 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0882-5734
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