Essential Oils from the Leaves of Eugenia pitanga (O. Berg) Kiaersk. (Myrtaceae) of Paraguay Cultivated in Arizona

Arthur O. Tucker Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 19901-2277

Sandra K. Jacobsen Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 19901-2277

Michael J. Maciarello Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 19901-2277

Leslie R. Landrum School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287-4501

Abstract

The essential oils isolated from the fresh leaves of Eugenia pitanga cultivated in Arizona, from seed originally collected in Paraguay, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The major components of the oil were (E)-β-ocimene (24.1±3.2%), germacrene D (20.8±2.4%), bicyclogermacrene (10.9±1.4%), and (Z)-β-ocimene (10.4±1.4%)

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