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Contribution to the Study of Plectranthus fruticosus Leaf Essential Oil
G Fournier1, M Paris, S M Dumitresco
1Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 Rue J.-B. Clément, F-92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France.
Planta Medica
|December 1, 1986
Abstract:
The essential oil of PLECTRANTHUS FRUTICOSUS L'Hérit. (Labiatae) is shown to contain at least fifty components, among which the major one, i.e. sabinyl acetate, accounts for more than 60% of the total. To our knowledge, this compound is described in Labiatae at such a high concentration for the first time. A preliminary study on rats reveals that this essential oil is teratogenic and/or highly foetotoxic.
