abstract the oil of blepharocalyx salicifolius(humb., bonpl. et kunth) berg. (myrtaceae) was analyzed by gas chromatography employing modified cyclodextrins as chiral stationary phases. the major compounds were identified as 1,8-cineole (45.8%), (-)--pinene(12.3%), (+)-limonene(7.9%),(-)-limonene(3.96%), myrcene(3.06%), (-)--pinene (2.40%), (+)--pinene (1.80%) and (s)-linalool (1.33%).