Composition of the Essential Oil of<i>Piper hispidum</i>Sw. from Cuba

Abstract

Abstract The chemical composition of the leaf oil of Piper hispidum Sw. was studied by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-five compounds of the oil were identified of which β-eudesmol (17.5%) and a compound tentatively identified as trans-6-vinyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-3,6-dimethyl-5-isopropenylbenzofuran (12.9%) were the major components.