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Volatile Oil Constituents of Leaves of the Eucalyptus gillii Maiden and E. microcarpa Subsp. macrocarpa Hook from Iran

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The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the leaves of two Eucalyptus gillii Maiden and E. microcarpa Subsp. macrocarpa Hook were analysed by GC and GC/MS. The main components identified in E. gillii oil were 1, 8-cineole (79.5%), trans-pinocarveol (8%) and a-pinene (2.7%), and in E. microcarpa were 1, 8-cineole (77.3%), a-pinene (5.6%) and terpin-l-ol (5.1%). Oils with high content of 1, 8-cineole are classified as a "eucalyptol or medicinal" type.

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