Chemical Study of the Essential Oil of Mutisia Friesiana.docVIP

568 Molecules 2000, 5 Chemical Study of the Essential Oil of Mutisia Friesiana C.I. Viturro1 and J. De la Fuente2 1Fac. de Ingeniería, UNJu – Gorriti 237 (4600) S. S. de Jujuy, Argentina E-mail: degalli@.ar 2Fac. Cs Ex. UnSa. Abstract: The composition of essential oil of Mutisia friesiana (Asteracae) was studied. The oil is a complex system in which 127 compounds were identified. The major compo- nents are monoterpenes: β-phellandrene, (Z)-β-ocimene, α and β-pinene and sabinene. Introduction Coumarins, chromones, aromatic glycosides, sitosterol, lupeol, among others, have b