“…On the other hand, this compound is absent in the essential oils of leaves of Nepal [19] and Arabia [21]. In contrast to the L. camara oils analyzed up till now from Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Nepal, Yemen, India and Arabia [7,8,11,13,16,19,21], the essential oil of the leaves of L. camara from Côte d'Ivoire contained -humulene, sabinene, germacrene D and bicyclogermacrene as major constituents, while these constituents were generally absent in most of the oils or, if present, were reported as minor or trace constituents. Taking account the chemical composition of the leaf oil from Congo [27], which seemed to be comparable with our profile, it was found numerous common components namely (E)--caryophyllene, germacrene D, -humulene Order of elution and percentages are given on apolar column (BP-1) except those with an asterisk (percentages on polar column) RIa and RIp: retention indices measured on apolar (BP-1) and polar (BP-20) columns, respectively; tr = traces.…”