Tagetes oil
An oil produced from Tagetes minuta collected in the Eastern Cape Province, which was said to have been introduced into South Africa from Argentina during the Anglo-Boer war in 1900, was reported by Osée Muyima et al. (2004) to possess the following composition:
sabinene (3.65%)
limonene (21.26%)
(Z)-β-ocimene (35.56%)
(E)-β-ocimene (1.25%)
dihydrotagetone (28.83%)
allo-ocimene* (1.26%)
(Z)-tagetone (0.98%)
(E)-tagetone (5.38%)
(E)-tagetenone (1.05%)
* correct isomer not identified
