Chemical Composition of Leaf Essential Oil of Piper umbellatum and Aerial Part Essential Oil of Piper guineense from Côte d'Ivoire

Abstract

The combination of 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography (GC) (retention index), and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine the chemical composition of essential oils of Piper guineense and Piper umbellatum from Côte d'Ivoire. Thus, 54 components, accounting for 91.5% to 97.6%, were identified in the essential oil from aerial parts of P. guineense. In P. umbellatum leaf oil, 49 compounds accounting for 92.8% to 98.7% were identified. Both plants oils were dominated by monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, with α-phellandrene, (2E,6E)-farnesol, and linalool as major compounds of P. guineense, whereas the most abundant components of P. umbellatum were linalool and (E)-β-caryophyllene. (2E,6E)-Farnesol, identified for the first time in the essential oil from aerial parts of P. guineense, induced a new chemical composition.