| dc.contributor.author | Mwangi, J.W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lwande, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hassanali, A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-23T11:57:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Flavour and fragrance journal, vol. 8,51-52 (1993) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10888 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from leaves of Plectranthus tenuiftorus (Vatke) Agnew was analysed by GC and GC-MS. A total of 17 compounds accounting for 72.3% of the oil were identified. Carvacrol (14.3%), a-terpinene (10.2%) and p-cymene (10.9%) were the major constituents. The oil had low quantities of oxygenated | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Plectranthus tenuiflorus (Vatke) | en |
| dc.subject | Agnew | en |
| dc.subject | Labiatae Leaves | en |
| dc.subject | Essential oil | en |
| dc.subject | GC-MS | en |
| dc.subject | Carvacrol | en |
| dc.title | Composition of essential on of plectranthus tenuiBorus (Vatke) agnew | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi | en |
