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ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITIONS OF BASELLA ALBA LINNAEUS AND CNIDOSCOLUS ACONITIFOLIUS (MILL.) JOHNSON
Olayombo Margaret Taiwo, Kingsley Adibe Mbachu*, Olaoluwa Olaoluwa and Satyal Prabodh
ABSTRACT
Basella alba Linnaeus and Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Mill.) Johnson are vegetable plants that play important roles in human diet for maintenance of health and prevention of diseases. Essential oils (EOs) of fresh samples obtained by hydro-distillation method in an all-glass clevenger apparatus gave percentage yields of 0.03, 0.08 and 0.18 for Basella alba leaf, Basella alba stem and Cnidoscolus aconitifolius leaf respectively. The essential oils were characterized using gas chromatography (GC), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry [GC-MS]. Leaf and stem EOs of B. alba showed ten and twelve compounds Keywords: Essential oils, Basella alba, Cnidoscolus aconitifolius, Terpenoids, Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry, Hydro-distillation. [Download Article] [Download Certifiate] |