Composition of the Essential Oil of Microglossa Pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew var. Pyrrhopappa from Kenya

Julius W. Mwangi Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box, 19676, Kenya

Grace N. Thoithi Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box, 19676, Kenya

Hector R. Juliani Jr. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, IMBIV-CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Velez Sarsfield 1600, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina

Julio A. Zygadlo Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, IMBIV-CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Velez Sarsfield 1600, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract

The essential oil of Microglossa pyrrhopappa var. pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew (Compositae) from Kenya has been studied for the first time. Analysis of the oil by GC and GC/MS reveals that the major compounds were β-caryophyllene (20.3%), γ-gurjunene (11.5%), limonene (8.5%) and δ-cadinene (6.1%).

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