The pleasant smelling flower essential oil of Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.) Bhandare
(Annonaceae) was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-six components of the oil including sesquiterpene
hydrocarbons (33.3% of the oil) and oxygenated sesquiterpenoids (47.7%) were identified, ?-caryophyllene (
11.4%) and caryophyllene oxide (31.5%) were identified as the major components of the oil. ?? 2007
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