- Title
- Compositional varition of the Essential Oils of Artemisia afra Jacq. from three Provinces in South Africa- A Case Study of its safety
- Creator
- Oyedeji, O A
- Creator
- Afolayan, A J
- Creator
- Hutchings, A
- Date Issued
- 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- text
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/11260/748
- Identifier
- vital:29679
- Description
- In South Africa, Centella asiatica. (L.) Urb is used traditionally for the treatment of various diseases. Analyses of the essential oil of this medicinal plant revealed 11 monoterpenoid hydrocarbons (20.20%), nine oxygenated monoterpenoids (5.46%), 14 sesquiterpenoid hydrocarbons (68.80%), five oxygenated sesquiterpenoids (3.90%), and one sulfide sesquiterpenoid (0.76%). α.-Humulene (21.06%), β.-caryophyllene (19.08%), bicyclogermacrene (11.22%), germacrene B (6.29%), and myrcene (6.55%) were the predominant constitutes. The essential oil extract exhibited a broad spectrum of antibacterial activities against Gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus.) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella sonnei.) organisms.
- Format
- 4 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Natural Product Commucations
- Relation
- Oyedeji, O A, Afolayan, A J and Hutchings, Anna, (2009).Compositional varition of the Essential Oils of Artemisia afra Jacq. from three Provinces in South Africa- A Case Study of its safety. Natural Product Commucations, 4:6, 849-852,
- Relation
- Natural Product Commucations https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19634335 4 vol. 6 no. 849 852 May 2009 1934-578X
- Rights
- Europe PubMed Central
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