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Essential Oils. IV . Oil of Limnophila Erecta, Benth
Author(s) -
Yeh PingHsien,
Lin Chih
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
journal of the chinese chemical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2192-6549
pISSN - 0009-4536
DOI - 10.1002/jccs.195400013
Subject(s) - chemistry , limonene , steam distillation , sesquiterpene , caryophyllene , essential oil , terpene , organic chemistry , distillation , botany , chromatography , biology
Limnophila arecta , Benth. gave 0.05% essential oil on steam distillation. The crude oil consists of 37% α‐pinene, 15% d‐limonene, 26% α‐caryophyllene, 15% β‐caryophyllene, 4% cadinene, 2% sesquiterpene alcohols, and traces of terpene alcohol.