The bark and leaf essential oils of Verbesina turbacensis were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. The bark oil of the plant was composed mainly of monoterpene hydrocarbons (83.5-90.4%), predominately alpha-pinene, while the leaf oil was composed mainly of sesquiterpene
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Verbesina macrophylla (Cass.) S.F.Blake is a medicinal plant from South America, popularly known as "asa de peixe", "asa de peixe branco", "cambará branco" or "cambará guaçu", being used by traditional