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Os óleos essenciais, isolados por hidrodestilação de folhas e flores de Myrcia obtecta (O. Berg) Kiaersk. var. obtecta, Myrtaceae, coletadas a cada dois meses em Curitiba, Paraná, durante o período de outubro/2005 a agosto/2006, foram analisados por CG e CG/EM. Os óleos das folhas foram caracterizados pelo elevado conteúdo de sesquiterpenos cíclicos (cerca de 70%) e quantidades variáveis de monoterpenos (5,6-16,7%), compostos alifáticos (0,4-5,5%) e salicilato de metila (0,1-1,5%). Foram identificados 55 componentes, sendo que trans-calameneno (17,029,3%) foi o componente majoritário em todas as amostras. Não houve mudanças significativas na composição, excepto em outubro (floração) quando α-terpineol e trans-calameneno atingiram os maiores níveis (11,2% e 29,3%, respectivamente). O óleo das flores contém salicilato de metila (89%) como constituinte majoritário. The essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from leaves and flowers of Myrcia obtecta (O. Berg) Kiaersk. var. obtecta, Myrtaceae, collected bimonthly in Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil, from October/2005 to August/2006 were analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Fifty-five components were identified in the leaf oils, which were characterized by predominance of cyclic sesquiterpenes (around 70%) and variable amounts of monoterpenes (5.616.7%), aliphatic compounds (0.4-5.5%) and methyl salicylate (0.1-1.5%). The major component in all samples was trans-calamenene (17.0-29.3%). The composition did not show significant seasonal variation, except in October (flowering) when α-terpineol and trans-calamenene peaked (11.2% and 29.3%, respectively). The flower oil was characterized by high content of methyl salicylate (89%).

The essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Sinningia aggregata (Ker. Gawl.) Wiehler (Gesneriaceae) was analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Seventeen components were identified, representing 91,8% of the total oil. The oil was characterized by a high content of long-chain aliphatic compounds (49,8%) and oxygenated sesquiterpenes (40,2%). The two major components were methyl linoleate (28,4%) and 1-octadecanol (16,9%). Among the sesquiterpenes, (Z)-nerolidol acetate (8,8%), spathulenol (7,8%) and (E)-nerolidol (6,7%) are present in appreciable amounts. Monoterpenes and phenylpropanoids were not found in the oil.