The Essential Oil of Ageratum conyzoides L. From Ghana

Abstract

The essential oil of Ageratum conyzoides L. was studied by capillary GC and GC/MS. Forty-seven components making up of 96.35% of the oil were identified. The major constituents were 6-demethoxyageratochromene (precocene I) (80.29%) and ß-caryophyllene (7.04%)