Essential oil Composition of Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng chemotype from Western Zimbabwe

Abstract Aerial parts of Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng from two wild sites from Western Zimbabwe and those cultivated around Harare were collected, hydro- and steam distilled for essential oil and examined by GC and GC-MS. The composition of both essential oils produced was dominated by myrcenone (40.1-55.2 %). Previously we reported the essential oils from 13 other geographical sites from Zimbabwe to be dominated by myrcene (54.0 %), linaool (68.8 %) and limonene (39.9 %) varieties. This could have implications for product development and quality control for extracts from L. javanica.

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