Chemical Composition and in vitro Schistosomicidal Activity of the Essential Oil of Plectranthus neochilus Grown in Southeast Brazil

The chemical composition and the in vitro schistosomicidal effects of the essential oil of Plectranthus neochilus (PN‐EO) grown in Southeast Brazil was studied. β ‐Caryophyllene ( 1 ; 28.23%), α ‐thujene ( 2 ; 12.22%), α ‐pinene ( 3 ; 12.63%), β ‐pinene ( 4 ; 6.19%), germacrene D ( 5 ; 5.36%), and caryophyllene oxide ( 6 ; 5.37%) were the major essential oil constituents. This chemical composition differed from that previously reported for...