Constituents of leaf and seed essential oils of henopodium ambrosioides L. from Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

Essential oils from the leaves and seeds of Chenopodium ambrosioides L. were analyzed by GC-MS. Among the twenty eight compounds in the leaf oil, the major were isopulegol acetate [35.9%], 2-carene [28.4%] and o-cymol [23%]. The seed oil contains y-terpineol [88.2%], benzene, l-methyl-2 [l-methylethyl] [6%] and ascaridolc [3.6%] as major constituents among the nine compounds identified