| Titre : | Essential oil of rynchosia minima DC. from kenya : Composition and antibacterial properties (2006) |
| Auteurs : | J. W. Mwangi, Auteur ; G. N. Thoithi, Auteur ; I. O. Kibwage, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 17 N° 2, Mars-Avril 2005) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 230-231 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Rynchosia minima Papilionaceae Essential oil composition β ; -caryophyllene Germacrene B Antibacterial activity |
| Résumé : | The hydrodistilled essential oil (yield, 0.1%) of semi-dried leaves of Rynchosia minima DC. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty-four compounds representing 95.9% of the oil were identified. The major components were found to be β-caryophyllene (30.4%), germacrene B (17.9%), camphor (7.8%), α-humulene (7.4%) and γ-muurolene (7.3%). The oil was found to exhibit antibacterial activity against Bacillus cerus, Staphylococcus aureus and Micrococcus luteus. |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2005.9698885 |
