Acta Pharm. 50 (2000) 259-262

Short communication  
 

Chemical composition of the essential oil of Lantana camara L.

DEENA MERIA JOSE and JOHN ERNEST THOPPIL*

Genetics and Plant Breeding Division, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala - 673 635, India 
Received October 4, 1999      Accepted June 1, 2000

The essential oil of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) was analysed by gas liquid chromatography. The major components detected were beta-caryophyllene, a sesquiterpene hydrocarbon, and geranyl acetate, an oxygenated monoterpene. Other components include terpinyl acetate, bornyl acetate, 1,8-cineole (all oxygenated monoterpenes) and D-limonene (monoterpene.


Keywords: Lantana camara L., Verbenaceae, essential oil, gas liquid chromatography