Ramzi A Mothana, Omar M Noman, Ebtesam S Al-Sheddi, Jamal M Khaled, Mansour S Al-Said, Adnan J Al-Rehaily

2017/2/27

Molecules

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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

The essential oil of Leucas inflata Balf. f.(Lamiaceae), collected in Yemen, was analyzed
using gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
techniques. Forty-three components were recognized, representing 89.2% of the total oil.
The L. inflata volatile oil was found to contain a high percentage of aliphatic acids (51.1%).
Hexadecanoic acid (32.8%) and n-dodecanoic acid (7.8%) were identified as the major
compounds. Oxygenated monoterpenes were distinguished as the second significant …