Composition of essential oils from the leaves of six species of the Baccharis genus from "Campos de Altitude" of the Atlantic Forest of Sao Paulo

The essential oils from the leaves of six species of the Baccharis genus (B. dracunculifolia, B. microdonta, B. regnelli, B. schultzii, B. trimera, and B. uncinella), collected in the "Campos de Altitude" of the Atlantic Forest (SP), were extracted using hydrodistillation procedures and analyzed by GC and GC/MS. There was a predominance of sesquiterpenes in all studied oils as beta-elemene in B. dracunculifolia and B. regnelli, alpha-humulene in B. trimera, gamma-gurjunene in B. schultzii, bicyclogermacrene in B. regnelli, delta-cadinene in B. regnelli and B. uncinella, spathulenol in B. schultzii, caryophyllene oxide in B. microdonta and guaiol in B. uncinella. However, a high amount of monoterpenes was also observed in B. uncinella (alpha-pinene), B. regnelli (delta-car-3-ene) and B. schultzii (limonene). The chemical compounds of the essential oils of B. schultzii, B. regnelli and B. microdonta are described for the first time in this work.