Oleos essenciais de Sextonia rubra (Mez) van der Werff (Lauraceae)
The essential oils of the leaves and branches of Sextonia rubra were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC FID and GC MS. In the leaves were identified as the major constituents a pinene (21.7% b pinene (15.4% a copaene (12.5% and germacrene D (12.1% In the branches essential oil, a copaene (22.9% b selinene (7.9% and b elemene (7.2% were identified as the most abundant constituents. This paper describes for the first time the composition of these essential oils.