Résumé
The chemical composition of the oils obtained from leaves of three Eugenia species-E. moraviana, E. klappenbachiana and E. repanda-collected from different areas of southern Brazil, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Fifty-four compounds were identified in the different samples analyzed, representing 71.2-92.1% of the total oil contents. E. klappenbachiana was found to be constituted, mainly, by oxygenated sesquiterpenes (45.7%). The major components are derived from the aromadendrane skeleton, such as viridiflorene (6.9%) and globulol (8.7%). β-Caryophyllene was the main component of the oil of E. moraviana and E. repanda (14.5% and 16.3%, respectively). These species were also rich in β-elemene (11.8% and 7.3%) and bicyclogermacrene (5.1% and 9.4%).