Essential oil of Lepechinia schiedeana (Lamiaceae) from Costa Rica

Abstract

The composition of the essentiaí oil isolated by steam distillation from aerial parts of the Costa Rican herb Lepechinia schiedeana (Schlecht) Vatke (Lamiaceae) collected in El Empalme, Costa Rica, was determined by capillary gas chromatography (GC) and coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS) analyses. Fifty-one components were identified corresponding ca. 93% of the oi!. The major components were -pinene (26.6%), cis -pinocamphone (25.1 %), &-3-carene (6.1 %), trans -pinocamphone (4.0%), camphor (3.8%) andSe estudiaron los constituyentes del aceite esencial de las partes aéreas de Lepechinia schiedeana (Lamiaceae) mediante el uso de cromatografía de. gases (GC) y cromatogr¡¡fía de gases acoplada a espectrometría ¡:le masas (GC-MS). Se éaraiterizaron 51 compuestos (qjle representan ca. del 93% del aceite) . El aceite se caracteriza por la presencia de gran cantidad de hidrocarbUros monoteq>énicos (45.9%) Y de monoterpefios oxigelÍJidos (39.7%). Los componentes mayoritarios fuero

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