2013•Journal of Essential Oil Bearing PlantsRequires access

Chemical Composition of the Essential oil ofBougainvillea spectabilisfrom Montenegro

Nenad L. Vuković, Miroslava Kačániová, Lukáš Hleba, Slobodan Sukdolak

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The composition of the essential oil produced from the aerial parts of Bougainvillea spectabilis was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Among the thirty nine compounds constituting 97.2 % of the essential oil, the main components were characterized as methyl salicylate (21.8 %), terpinolene (8.2 %) and α-(E)-ionone (9.8 %).

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Key concepts: Montenegro, Chemical composition, Composition (language), Botany, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Organic chemistry