Chemical components of essential oil from the part above the ground of Limnophyla rugosa (Roth) Merr. In Vietnam

ABSTRACT

Limnophyla rugosa is an erect-semi aquatic, fragrant, annual herb, up to 50 cm tall. Stem simple or branch, glabrous to hirsute, rooting from the lower nodes, leaves decussate, ovate-lanceolate to oval elliptical 2-8cmx1-5 cm, flowers solitary in axillary; sometimes in axillary pendunculate clusters with up to 7 sessile. Limnophyla rogusa occurs in moist along treams,pools and rice field from sea-level up to 1500 m attitude. Yield of essential oil from aerial parts of Limnophyla rogusa was 0.18 percent by air-dry material, 23 constituents of the essential oil were identified by GC/MS. Major constituent of essential oil was anethol (89.4%)