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International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 363919, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/363919
Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil from Lippia sidoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) Leaves Cultivated in Hidrolândia, Goiás, Brazil
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001 970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
2Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Paulista, Campus Flamboyant, 74845 090 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
3Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Laboratório de Pesquisa de Produtos Naturais, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74605 220 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
4Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74605 220 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
5Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74001 970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
6Instituto de Química, Laboratório de Bioatividade Molecular, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74001 970 Goiânia, GO, Brazil
Received 1 September 2011; Revised 24 November 2011; Accepted 8 December 2011
Academic Editor: Norberto Peporine Lopes
Copyright © 2012 Sandra Ribeiro de Morais et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Several studies involving the family Verbenaceae, occurring in the Brazilian Cerrado, have emphasized the popular use of many aromatic species. We highlight the use of Lippia sidoides Cham., known as “alecrim pimenta,” native to northeastern Brazil and northern Minas Gerais. Leaves of this species were collected in antropized Brazilian Cerrado area, in Hidrolândia, Goiás, and their essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus and thereafter analyzed GC/MS. Among the compounds identified in this study were the most abundant oxygenated monoterpenes, followed by sesquiterpenes hydrocarbons. The oxygenated monoterpene 1,8-cineole was the major constituent followed by isoborneol and bornyl acetate. The chemical composition of essential oil described in this paper differs from that described in the literature for L. sidoides found in its native environment, where the major constituents are thymol and carvacrol.