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Planta Med 1986; 52(6): 486-488
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969261
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969261
Communications
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Contribution to the Study of Plectranthus fruticosus Leaf Essential Oil
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Publication History
1986
Publication Date:
26 February 2007 (online)
Abstract
The essential oil of Plectranthus fruticosus L'Hérit. (Labiatae) is shown to contain at least fifty components, among which the major one, i.e. sabinyl acetate, accounts for more than 60% of the total. To our knowledge, this compound is described in Labiatae at such a high concentration for the first time. A preliminary study on rats reveals that this essential oil is teratogenic and/or highly foetotoxic.