Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils ofPsiadia lithospermifolia(Lam.) Cordem. andP. viscosa(Lam.) A. J. Scott of the Asteraceae Family

Abstract

The composition of the water-distilled essential oils of Psiadia lithospermifolia (Lam.) Cordem. and P. viscosa (Lam.) A. J. Scott, two endemic plant species belonging to the Asteraceae family from Mauritius, were determined by GC and GC/MS. Twelve constituents representing 84.32% of the oil were identified in the oil of P. lithospermifolia with (E)-isoasarone as the major component (51.55%). The oil of P. viscosa contained 21 constituents representing 86.81% of the oil with pentyl 4-(l-methylethyl) benzoate (25.86%) as the major constituent.