ISHS Acta Horticulturae 500: II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 1: Biological Resources, Sustainable Use, Conservation and Ethnobotany
ESSENTIAL OILS FROM TWO BRAZILIAN VITEX SPECIES |
| Authors: | S.G. Leitão, E.N. Fonseca, T.C. dos Santos |
| Keywords: | Vitex, Verbenaceae, essential oil |
| Abstract:
The chemical composition of the essential oils from two Brazilian Vitex species (Vitex polygama and Vitex cymosa) is reported. Both essential oils showed a predominantly sesquiterpenoid composition. In that of V. polygama the most abundant monoterpenes were  -pinene,  -pinene and limonene followed by the sesquiterpenes  -cadinene and -caryophyllene.
No diterpenes were found in this oil.
In the essential oil of Vitex cymosa the most abundant sesquiterpene was an oxygenated derivative of copaene and two diterpenes were found: phytol and isophytol.
No monoterpenes were found in this oil.
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