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Table 3 Reported compounds in essential oils from Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC. leaves

From: Steam sauna and mother roasting in Lao PDR: practices and chemical constituents of essential oils of plant species used in postpartum recovery

Chemical name

CAS number

Guenther, 1952[65]

Roi, 1955[66]

Van Duong, 1993[67]

Truyen & Chau, 1999[25]

Bhuiyan et al., 2009[68]

α-pinene

7785-70-8

    

0.48

β-pinene

127-91-3

    

1.2

D-limonene

5989-27-5

 

+

+

+

0.2

camphor

76-22-2

75.0

+

+

+

0.1

linalool

78-70-6

    

1.3

1,8-cineol

470-82-6

 

+

+

+

 

borneol

5655-61-8

20.0

+

25.0

+

33.2

caryophyllene

87-44-5

    

8.2

ledol

577-27-5

    

7.1

phytol

7541-49-3

    

4.6

caryophyllene oxide

1139-30-6

    

4.1

myrcene

84776-26-1

  

+

  

β-camphene

5794-03-6

  

+

  

β-eudesmol

473-15-4

  

+

  

γ-eudesmol

1209-71-8

    

3.2

guaiol

489-86-1

    

3.4

thujopsene

470-40-6

    

4.4

Fresh material oil content (%)

n.s.

n.s.

0.50

0.2-1.88

0.40