Aromatic plants of Kenya: volatile constituents of leaf oils of Sphaeranthus suaveolens (Forsk) D.C. and S. bullatus Mattf

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dc.contributor.authorHassanali, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorMwangi, J. W.
dc.contributor.authorAchola, K. J.
dc.contributor.authorLwande, W.
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-28T15:16:53Z
dc.date.available2014-02-28T15:16:53Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThe essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from Sphaeranthus su av eolens (Forsk) D.C. (0.47%) and S. bullatus Mattf. (0.5%) were analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Seventy eight compounds consisting about 95% of the oil of S. suaveolens were identified while 97 constituents accounting for about 83% were identified from the leaf oil of S. bullatus, The major constituents of the leaf oil of S. sauveolens was cis-pinocamphone (63.5 %) while those of S. bullatus oil were thymol (22.0%), bornyl acetate (8.1%) and germacrene-D (7.9%).en_US
dc.identifier.citationEast and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol.1 No.1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9138
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)en_US
dc.subjectSphaeranthus suaveolens (Forsk) D.C.en_US
dc.subjectS. bullatus Mattf.en_US
dc.subjectCompositeen_US
dc.subjectVolatile constituentsen_US
dc.subjectGC-MSen_US
dc.subjectCis-Pinocamphoneen_US
dc.subjectThymolen_US
dc.titleAromatic plants of Kenya: volatile constituents of leaf oils of Sphaeranthus suaveolens (Forsk) D.C. and S. bullatus Mattfen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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