Abstract:The seasonal factors have influence upon the secondary metabolism of plants in adaptive response to the environmental variation, leading to the biosynthesis of different compounds. Thus, the aim of the present paper was to characterize the chemical composition of the essential oil (EO) from leaves of Garcinia gardneriana (Clusiaceae), in function of the seasonality, in the period throughout the year (from January to December of 2016). The EO was obtained from fresh leaves by hydrodistillation in a modified Cle… Show more
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