Chemical composition of the essential oil of Elephantopus scaber from Southern China.
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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%).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences
دوره 59 5-6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004