Volatile Constituents of Senecio pterophorus (African Daisy) DC. from South Africa

摘要

The hydrodistilled essential oils of the leaves of Senecio pterophorus collected from three different localities in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa have been analyzed by GC and GC/MS Thirteen - eighteen compounds were identified, accounting for over 98% of the total oil composition The major components of the oils were limonene (10 3 32 3%), myrcene (14 4-19 7%), sabinene (13 0-18 0%), alpha-phellandrene (3 4-16 9%) and p-cymene (15 6-16 7%)