Planta Med 1988; 54(4): 338-340
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-962450
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Volatile Components of Cleistopholis patens

Olusegun Ekundayo1 , Into Laakso2 , Babajide Oguntimein3 , Raimo Hiltunen2
  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • 2Division of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Fabianinkatu 35, 00170 Helsinki, Finland.
  • 3Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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Publication History

1987

Publication Date:
24 January 2007 (online)

Abstract

Volatile oils of the leaves, fruits and stem-bark of Cleistopholis patents Engl. et Diels. (Annonacae) were analysed by means of gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of sixty-one components were identified; qualitative and quantitative differences in the oil composition were observed. The leaf oil contained (E)-β-ocimene (31%) as the main constituent, the fruit oil linalool, (E)- and (Z)-linalool oxides (58%). The main components in the stem-bark oil were myrcene, p-cymene, and germacrene D.