Composition of the essential oil of microglossa pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) agnew var. pyrrhopappa from Kenya composition of the essential oil of microglossa pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew var. pyrrhopappa from Kenya

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2001
Author
Mwangi, Julius W.
Thoithi, Grace N.
Juliani, Hector R.
Zygadlo, Julio A.
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Article
Language
en
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Abstract
The essential oil of Microglossa pyrrhopappa var. pyrrhopappa (A. Rich) Agnew (Compositae) from Kenya has been studied for the first time. Analysis of the oil by GC and GC/MS reveals that the major compounds were β-caryophyllene (20.3%), γ-gurjunene (11.5%), limonene (8.5%) and δ-cadinene (6.1%)
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/10701
Citation
Journal of Essential Oil Research Volume 13, Issue 4, 2001
Publisher
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi,
 
Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Vegetal, . Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Avenida Velez Sarsfield
 
Subject
Microglossa pyrrhopapa
Var-pyrrhopapa
Compostae
Essential oil composition,
b-caryophyllene,
y-gurjunene
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