A new chemotype of Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng collected in the Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya): the essential oil chemical composition of its aerial parts

• Published in: Natural product research pp. 1 - 7
• Main Authors: Badalamenti, Natale, Porrello, Antonella, Ilardi, Vincenzo, Bruno, Maurizio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 17.03.2025
• Subjects: β-myrcene; octyl butanoate; octyl acetate; Essential oils; verbenaceae
• ISSN: 1478-6419; 1478-6427; 1478-6427
• DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2025.2476197

The genus L., included within the Verbenaceae family, has a wide geographical distribution in Tropical and Subtropical South Africa and America. (Burm.f.) Spreng is a woody, multi-stemmed shrubbery native to central, eastern and southern Africa. In this work the chemical composition of the aerial part of essential oil of a Kenyan accession of , harvested in the Masai Mara National Reserve, never previously studied, was evaluated by GC-MS. Essential oil ( ) was characterised by good amounts of esters (58.1%) with octyl acetate (33.7%), the main constituent of the oil, octyl butanoate (19.1%) and hexyl butanoate (4.6%) as principal metabolites. Monoterpene hydrocarbons (33.5%) were mainly represented by -myrcene (30.6%). An update of the chemical composition of all the essential oils (EOs) of , studied to date, clearly indicates that the accession subject of the present work can be considered a new chemotype.