Chemical Composition of Ravensara aromatica Sonn. Leaf Essential Oils from Madagascar

Panja A.R. Ramanoelina Laboratoire des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Antananarivo, B P. 175, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Jean Roger E. Rasoarahona Laboratoire des Industries Agricoles et Alimentaires, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques, Université d'Antananarivo, B P. 175, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Emile M. Gaydou Laboratoire de Phytochimie de Marseille, UMR CNRS 6171, Systémes Chimiques Complexes, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Saint-Jérôme, Université Paul Cézanne (Aix-Marseille III), Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, 13397, Marseille Cedex 20, France

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Five leaf essential oils of Ravensara aromatica Sonn. from Madagascar have been analyzed by GC and GC/MS. They were found to contain mainly methyl chavicol (79.7%), methyl eugenol (8.5%) and limonene (3.1%). The existence of methyl chavicol as a main component of the leaf oil is discussed.

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