title: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry study of the essential oils of Schinus longifolia (Lindl.) speg., Schinus fasciculata (Griseb.) I. M. Johnst., and Schinus areira L.
abstract: The essential oil composition from the aerial parts of three Anacardiaceae growing in Bahía Blanca, Argentina was studied by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The essential oils of S. longifolia and S. fasciculata have been studied for the first time. The major constituents were alpha-pinene (46.5%), beta-pinene (15.1%) and alpha-phellandrene (10.1%) for S. longifolia and limonene (10.9%), beta-phellandrene (6.16%) and alpha-phellandrene (5.6%) for S. fasciculata. The major components of the essential oil of S. areira were limonene (28.6%), alpha-phellandrene (10.1%), sabinene (9.2%) and camphene (9.2%) differing from the literature data. The essential oils from S. areira and S. longifolia exhibited a high biotoxicity in a brine shrimp assay with Artemia persimilis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones en Química Orgánica, Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Avenida Alem 1253, (8000) Bahía Blanca, Argentina. apmurray@criba.edu.ar
authors.forename: Ana P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Frontera
authors.forename: María A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tomas
authors.forename: María C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mulet
mesh_terms: D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000737:chemistry; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile