Chemical Constituents of the Essential Oil of Lippia laxibracteata (Verbenaceae)

Abstract

The oil from the aerial parts of Lippia laxibracteata Herzog (Verbenaceae) was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major component of the oil was thymol (67 %) with minor amounts of p-cymene (10 %), cis-β-ocimene (7 %) and carvacrol (4.5 %).

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