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Chemical composition of leaf essential oil of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) growing in North Central Nigeria

  • Ameen O
  • Usman L
  • Oganija F
  • et al.
International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences (2011) 5(1)
DOI: 10.4314/ijbcs.v5i1.68117
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Abstract

Leaf essential oil of Annona senegalensis Pers. obtained by hydrodistillation was analysed using GC and GC/MS. The analyses revealed the abundance of oxygenated monoterpenes (65 %). The major constituents wers citronellal (30 %), citronellol (14.8 %), geranial (17.2 %), thymol (8.1 %), b-caryophyllene (7.8 %), and carvacrol (6.92 %).

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Ameen, O., Usman, L., Oganija, F., Hamid, A., Muhammed, N., Zubair, M., & Adebayo, S. (2011). Chemical composition of leaf essential oil of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) growing in North Central Nigeria. International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v5i1.68117

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