Natural Product Communications 2009-Mar
Chemical composition of the leaf essential oil of Casimiroa edulis La Llave & Lex. (Rutaceae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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Abstract
The leaf essential oil of Casimiroa edulis (Rutaceae), collected from Monteverde, Costa Rica, has been obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. The leaf oil was dominated by sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, predominately germacrene D (16-22%) and (E)-caryophyllene (16-17%), consistent with the traditional use of this plant as a sedative, sleep inducer and hypotensive.