Essential oil from leaves of Lippia dulcis grown in Colombia

Nat Prod Commun. 2010 Apr;5(4):613-4.

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile compounds from the leaves of Lippia dulcis Trev. (Verbenaceae) from Colombia was studied by GC and GC/MS. Forty volatile compounds were identified, of which the major ones were alpha-copaene (18.0%), beta-caryophyllene (17.8%), and delta-cadinene (14.7%). The sweet bisabolane sesquiterpenoid, hernandulcin, formed only 1.1% of the leaf oil.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Colombia
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Lippia / chemistry*
  • Oils, Volatile / analysis*
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Plant Oils / analysis*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Terpenes / chemistry
  • Terpenes / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Oils, Volatile
  • Plant Oils
  • Terpenes