Abstract | The leaf oil of Flourensia cernua DC, collected from the Jornada Experimental Range in southcentral New Mexico was analyzed, GC/MS and retention indices were used to identify 89 components. â-Eudesmol (24.5%), -eudesmol (6.9%), limonene (6.6%), ã-eudesmol (4.6%), myrcene (3.8%), borneol (3.3%), and ä-3-carene (3.0%) were major components of the steam distilled oil. In an ethanol extract of intact leaves, flourensadiol (44.6%), artemisia alcohol (5.5%), viridiflorol (2.7%), and borneol (2.0%) were the main components. |