Composition of the Leaf Oils of Four Spondias Species from Brazil

ABSTRACT The chemical compositions of the leaf oils of Spondias mombim L., S. purpurea L., S. tuberosa Arr. and S. cytherea Sonn. were analyzed by GC/MS. S. mombim oil was found to be rich in 3-hexenol (38.07%) and β-caryophyllene (13.73%), S. purpurea oil contained β-caryophyllene (11.16%), δ-cadinene (10.29%), torreyol (11.63%) and T-muurolol (10.09%), S. tuberosa oil contained 3-hexenol (13.56%), α-copaene (13.25%), β-caryophyllene (50.01%) and δ-cadinene, while S. cytherea oil was found to be rich in 3-hexenol (12.03%), α-terpineol (14.02%), β-caryophyllene (27.69%), α-selinene (10.53%) and hexadecanoic acid (11.17%).