Dear Rafael,

The following links contain a number of publications on the chemistry of Myrtaceae:

1-https://www.google.ps/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjSqrvrs7LLAhWIJZoKHRbbAQoQIAghMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwebcache.googleusercontent.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AdO5dw2DlVUgJ%3Awww.scielo.br%2Fscielo.php%253Fscript%253Dsci_arttext%2526pid%253DS0103-50532006000200010%2B%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dps&usg=AFQjCNHUra30qkiGFIcrn0pMZxzpoCbszA&sig2=9EVnHSgR6jcaSb3nJgUC6w

2-http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30648/

3- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236961744_Essential_Oils_Isolated_from_Myrtaceae_Family_as_Natural_Insecticides

4- http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14786419.2015.1043633#.Vt93Q0IrLIU

5-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19069246

6-https://www.google.ps/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjSqrvrs7LLAhWIJZoKHRbbAQoQIAg-MAY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwebcache.googleusercontent.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3A7pFQtbOR2ukJ%3Asciencedomain.org%2Fabstract%2F1249%2B%26cd%3D7%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dps&usg=AFQjCNFzmwffSUTxGtVIHX74L7m1UUgTig&sig2=Zs6nF9u5yhm457kgMvppcg

7-http://www.amazon.co.uk/Isolation-characterisation-synthesis-insecticidal-Myrtaceae/dp/B001NVS2SM

Hoping this will be helpful,

Rafik

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Hi Rafael,

I think you will find a lot of polyphénols including many flavonoids. They also produce essential oïl (eucalyptus, etc...).

Regards,

Paul