Composition of Leaf Oil of Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit.

ABSTRACT The leaf oils of Hyptis suaveolens were isolated by hydrodistillation and separated by GC. Of the 56 components separated, 47 were identified by GC/MS. Monoterpenes represented the largest portion with 1m8-cineole (38.7%), sabinene (19.9%), terpinolene (8.5%), β-pinene (6.4%), γ-terpinene (4.8%), α-pinene (2.9%), limonene (2.6%), myrcene (1.3%) andterpinen-4-ol (1.2%). Of the sesquiterpenes, the predominant were β-caryophyllene (2.5%) and germacrene-B (1.2%). All other components including the unknowns were in concentrations of less than 1%