Essential oil of three Baccharis species

MARÍA P. ZUNINO; MARÍA NOVILLO NEWTON; DAMIÁN M. MAESTRI; JULIO A. ZYGADLO

PLANTA MEDICA

Thieme

Lugar: Stuttgart; Año: 1998 vol. 64 p. 86 - 87

0032-0943

Abstract: The essential oil of the aerial parts of three Baccharis species (B. articulata, B. myrtilloides, and B. rufescens) were examined by GC and GC/MS. the major constituents were for B. articulata: b -caryophyllene (16.8%), trans-nerolidol (15.6%); B. myrtilloides: germacrene D (9.5%) and for B. rufescens: limonene (14.4%) and trans-nerolidol (14.5%).