Leaf Essential Oils of Some Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) Species from Southern and Western Australia

Abstract

The oils of Leptospermum coriaceum (F. Muell. Ex Miq.) Cheel, L. fastigiatum S. Moore, and L. nitens Turcz. were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil of L. coriaceum contained α-pinene (25.4%), 1,8-cineole (11.5%) and globulol (15.4%) as major components, whereas L. fastigiatum and L. nitens oils were found to contain 82.8% and 64.8–70.6% α-pinene, respectively.

Key Word Index:

• Leptospermum coriaceum
• Leptospermum fastigiatum
• Leptospermum nitens
• Myrtaceae
• essential oil composition
• α-pinene
• 1,8-cineole
• globulol