Composition of the essential oil of microglossa pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew var. Pyrrhopappa from Kenya

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2001
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Mwangi, Julius W
Thoithi, Grace N
Juliani, Hector R
Zygadlo, Julio A
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The essential oil of Microglossa pyrrhopappa var. pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew (Compositae) from Kenya has been studied for the first time. Analysis of the oil by CC and CC/MS reveals that the major compounds were a-caryophyllene (20.3%), 'Y-gurjunene (11.5%), limonene (8.5%) and o-cadinene (6.1%).
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