Chemical composition of the essential oil of erechtites valerianaefolia from mérida, venezuela

摘要

The volatile components from the leaves of Erechtites valerianaefolia (Wolf) DC. were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS. A total of 12 compounds, representing 99.8% of the oil, were identified. The dominant compounds were limonene (56.7%), myrcene (12.7%), trans-β-farnesene (10.2%) and 1-phellandrene (8.7%).