The Essential Oil of Hyptis pectinata

Kla Malan; Yves Pelissier; Chantal Marion; Alain Blaise; Jean-Marie Bessiere

doi:10.1055/s-2006-962540

Planta Medica, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Planta Med 1988; 54(6): 531-532
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962540

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The Essential Oil of Hyptis pectinata

Kla Malan¹ , Yves Pelissier¹ , Chantal Marion² , Alain Blaise² , Jean-Marie Bessiere³

¹Faculté de Pharmacie, B. P. V 34, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
²Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 Avenue Charles Flahaut, F-34060 Montpellier, France.
³Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, 8 Rue de l-Ecole Normale, F-34075 Montpellier, France.

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Abstract

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from fresh leaves of Hyptis pectinata L. Poit, a medicinal plant from western Africa, was examined by gas chromatography. Thirty-two constituents were identified. Monoterpenes predominate, with large amounts of p-cymene and thymol (more than 60%) as well as γ-terpinene, α-thujene, and mycrene.

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