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The essential oil of Epaltes alata (compositae)
Author(s) -
Idrissa Moussa,
Djibo Alfa Keita,
Khalid Ikhiri,
Marie Bessière Jean
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1395
Subject(s) - chemistry , essential oil , botany , traditional medicine , chromatography , medicine , biology
The leaf oil of Epaltes alata (compositae) has been analysed by GC and GC/MS and found to contain terpenic compounds with a majority of sesquiterpenes (85%) among which β ‐caryophyllene (24%), bicyclogermacrene (9.7%), α ‐selinene (7.7%) and spathulenol (8.9%) are the main components. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.