Review article
https://doi.org/10.15255/KUI.2018.027
Medicinal and Pesticidal Potentials of the Constituents of the Essential Oil from Adenia cissampeloides Leaves
Modupe Ogunlesi
; Chemistry Department, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigerija
Wesley Okiei
; Chemistry Department, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigerija
Edith Ofor
; Chemistry Department, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigerija
Anthony Eniola
; Chemistry Department, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigerija
Abstract
Adenia cissampeloides (Planch. ex Hook.) Harms is used in alternative medicine primarily for the management of hypertension and several other diseases. Isolation and GC-MS analysis of five essential oils collected fractionally and over 4 h by hydrodistillation from the dried leaves were carried out. The constituents included phytol, α-linolenic acid, n-hexadecanoic acid, hexahydrofarnesyl acetone, (13S)-8,13-epoxy-labd-14-ene, kaur-16-ene, guaiol, α-gurjunene, and α-elemene. Several bioactivities of the constituents as well as their potential applications in medicine and the pharmaceutical and pesticidal industries are discussed. Essential oils from some other plants have several constituents in common with those isolated from A. cissampeloides. The bioactivities of such plants are used to suggest other possible applications of A. cissampeloides.
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Keywords
Adenia cissampeloides; GC-MS; medicinal plants; essential oil; bioactivity
Hrčak ID:
216021
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Publication date:
13.2.2019.
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