African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12500

Short Communication

Chemical composition of essential oil from the leaves of Premna coriacea Clarke

C. T. Sadashiva1*, P. Sharanappa2, Y. Naidoo1 and Indira Balachandran3
1School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4000, South Africa. 2Department of Bioscience, University of Mysore, P. G. Centre, Hassan, Karnataka, 573201, India. 3Centre for Medicinal Plant Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Malappuram, Kottakkal, Kerala, 676503, India.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 03 May 2013
  •  Published: 15 May 2013

Abstract

In this study, the chemical composition of the essential oil of Premna coriacea leaves was investigated. Extraction by hydrodistillation followed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry (GC-MS) yielded 27 compounds representing 99.89% of the oil. The major volatile components of the oil were aromadendrene (23.51), caryophyllene (19.27), tetracontane  (11.90), 17-pentatriacontene (6.61), 3',8,8'-trimethoxy-3-piperidyl-2,2'- binaphthalene-1,1',4,4'-tetrone (4.68), cis-α-bisabolene (4.65), octadecane, 3-ethyl-5-(2-ethylbutyl)- (4.21), 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (3.17) and tetratetracontane (2.38).

 

Key words: Premna coriacea, essential oil, aromadendrene, caryophyllene.

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