dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, Julius W | |
dc.contributor.author | Thoithi, Grace N | |
dc.contributor.author | Addaeh-Mensah, Ivan | |
dc.contributor.author | Achenbach, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Lwande, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Hassanali, H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-22T05:56:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East and Central AFrican journal of pharmaceutical sciences. VOL.1 No.. 2. 1998 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10674 | |
dc.description.abstract | The essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from leaves of Croton sylvaticus Hochst (0.14 %) Was analyzed by GC and GC-MS . Over 52 components, constituting about 86.3 % of the oil, were separated. The major constituents were b-.caryophyIlene oxide (35.1 %) and a-humulen1,2-epoxide (12 %).
The petroleum ether extract of the stem bark yielded (-)-hardwickic acid, b-sitosterol, stigmasterol and ent-8b-15,labd-13en( E) -diol, | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Croton sylvaticus, | en |
dc.subject | Euphobraceac, | en |
dc.subject | Essential oil, | en |
dc.subject | Non-volatile, | en |
dc.subject | GC-MS, | en |
dc.subject | b~-caryophyIlene oxide, | en |
dc.subject | Hardwickic acid, | en |
dc.title | Aromatic plants of Kenya III:Volatile and some non-volatile constituents of croton sylvaticlls hochst | en |
dc.type | Article | en |
local.embargo.terms | 6 months | en |
local.publisher | Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, | en |
local.publisher | University of Ghana, | en |
local.publisher | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Erlangen, | en |
local.publisher | The lntemational Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology | en |