title: Chemical composition of the essential oil of Elephantopus scaber from Southern China.
abstract: The essential oil of Elephantopus scaber, a famous medicinal herb from Yangjiang County in Southern China was analyzed for the first time using GC-MS. The major constituents were hexadecanoic acid (42.3%), isopropyl dimethyl tetrahydronaphthalenol (14.1%), beta-sesquiphellandrene (8.3%), octadecadienoic acid (5.5%), and phytol (5.2%).
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shuguang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nan
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D019308:Palmitic Acid / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014329:Tropical Climate
chemical_list: D009822:Oils, Volatile; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D019308:Palmitic Acid