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Volatile constituents from the leaves of Eucalyptus cloeziana F. Muell and E. propinqua Deane & Maiden from Nigeria

✍ Scribed by Isiaka A. Ogunwande; Nureni O. Olawore; Kasali A. Adeleke; Olusegun Ekundayo


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
70 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
0882-5734

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✦ Synopsis


The composition of the volatile oils, hydrodistilled from the dried leaves of Eucalyptus cloeziana F. Muell and Eucalyptus propinqua Deane & Maiden, collected from Kaduna, Nigeria, has been analysed by GC and GC/MS. While E. cloeziana F. Muell was dominated by α α α α α-pinene (46.6%) and 1,8-cineole (15.4%), the oil of E. propinqua Deane & Maiden contained 1,8-cineole (61.8%) and γ γ γ γ γ -terpinene (23.3%) as the major compounds.