abstract the essential oil of eugenia nitida camb. was obtained from the fresh leaves by hydrodistillation. the oil was analyzed by gc and gc/ms. a total of 30 compounds were identified. the major components found in the oil were germacrene d-4-ol (9.8%), -elemene (8.0%), -caryophyllene (7.6%),-selinene (4.4%), -muurolene (4.1%), valencene (3-9%), epi--cadinol (2.9%), selin-ll-en-4-ol (2.8%), -cadinene (2.8%), -cadinol (2.7%), selin-3,7(11)-diene (2.4%) and -eudesmol (2.1%).