title: Chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Piper fulvescens, a plant traditionally used in Paraguay.
abstract: The essential oil from the leaves of the aromatic aniseed smelling plant Piper fulvescens, obtained by hydrodistillation, was investigated by GC and GC-MS, as well as by 13C-NMR after fractionation of the oil by column chromatography. A total of 37 constituents, representing 78.2% of the oil were identified. The main compounds were trans-anethole (26.4%) and ishwarane (12.1%), an unusual sesquiterpene hydrocarbon.
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Farmacologia i Farmacognòsia, Facultat de Farmácia, Universitat de Barcelona, AV Diagonal, 643, E-08028, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cañigueral
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis*; D010239:Paraguay; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000032:analysis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts