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NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 7, Pages 667-670Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2014.976642
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multivariate analysis; essential oil; Myrocarpus
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The species Myrocarpus frondosus is native to southern Brazil, and it is known as cabreuva. It is a large tree, and its wood is used as a reservoir for distilled spirits, especially Cachaca. In this pioneering work, the essential oil was extracted monthly from the leaves of M. frondosus, for a period of 1 year. The essential oil was extracted by using hydrodistillation and the determination of the chemical composition of essential oil was performed by using the chromatographic techniques GC-FID and GC-MS. Thirty-three compounds were identified in the essential oil and bicyclogermacrene was the major compound. Through multivariate analysis, it was determined that beta-caryophyllene, limonene and terpinen-4-ol were directly proportional to climatic factors. The yield of the oil was directly proportional to temperature and radiation.
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