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  Vol. 4 No. 4
 

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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 4(4), pp. 346–348, 18 February 2010

ISSN 1996-0875 © 2010 Academic Journals 

   

 

Short Communication

 

  
 

Chemical composition of leaf oil of Nigerian grown Aspilia africana C. D. Adams

 

L. A. Usman1*, I. A Oladosu2, N. O. Olawore3, C. O. Fakunle3, A. A. Hamid1 and A. Lawal1

 

1Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

2Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

3Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho 210001, Oyo State, Nigeria.

 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: usmanlamidi@yahoo.com.

Tel: +2348035032378.

 

Accepted 13 January, 2010
 
     
 

Abstract

  
     
 

Pulverized leaves of Aspilia africana afforded oil in the yield of 0.08% v/w. GC, GC/MS analyses of the oil revealed the abundance of sesquiterpenes (57.5%), with α-cubebene (31.1%) as the major component. Copaene (7.0%) and β-caryophyllene (4.8%) existed in appreciable quantities. Predominant monoterpenes were: α-pinene (6.7%), α-thujene (5.1%) and car-3-ene (5.0%).

 

Key word: Aspilia africana, compositae, essential oil, α-cubebene, α-pinene, β-caryophyllene, α-copaene, α-thujene.

  

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