Aromatic plants of Kenya III:Volatile and some non-volatile constituents of croton sylvaticlls hochst

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1998
Author
Mwangi, Julius W
Thoithi, Grace N
Addaeh-Mensah, Ivan
Achenbach, H
Lwande, W
Hassanali, H
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Language
en
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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,
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10674
Citation
East and Central AFrican journal of pharmaceutical sciences. VOL.1 No.. 2. 1998
Publisher
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi,
 
University of Ghana,
 
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Erlangen,
 
The lntemational Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology
 
Subject
Croton sylvaticus,
Euphobraceac,
Essential oil,
Non-volatile,
GC-MS,
b~-caryophyIlene oxide,
Hardwickic acid,
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