| Titre : | Aromatic plants of tropical central africa. part XLVI. : Essential oil constituents of cassia alata (L.) from Gabon (2006) |
| Auteurs : | Huguette Agnaniet, Auteur ; Raphaël Bikanga, Auteur ; Jean-Marie Bessière, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 17 N° 4, Juillet-Août 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 410-412 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Cassia alata Leguminosae Essential oil composition Linalool Pentadecanal Borneol |
| Résumé : | The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of leaves of Cassia alata collected in Gabon was analyzed using capillary GC and GC/MS. Forty-four compounds representing 95.2% of the oil were identifi ed among them linalool (23.0%), borneol (8.6%) and pentadecanal (9.3%) were major constituents. The antioxidant activity of the oil was found to be low compared to that of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2005.9698946#.Ucg_OGF2_n4 |
