ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOSITION OF SENECIO DESFONTAINEI DRUCE (COMPOSITAE) | ||
| Zagazig Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, June 1999, Pages 1-8 PDF (2.73 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/zjps.1999.169704 | ||
| Author | ||
| Assem El-Shazly* | ||
| Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44519, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The essential oil of Senecio desfontainei Druce was analyzed by GC and GC - MS. A total of 41 compounds were identified. Oil profiles and contents of the flowers, leaves, stems and roots were determined. In the flowers, B-myrcene (38.1%), Cymene (19.7%), phellandrene (9.8%) and dehydrofukinone (10.1%) are the major constituents. In the leaves and stems dehydrofukinone is the major component constituting 42.8% and 77.6%, of the oil respectively. The major components of the root oil were, eremophilane (dehydrofukinone 46.9% and euparin 20.9%), caryophyllene 8.5% and farnesene (Z) B (3.7%). The antimicrobial activity of the oils was evaluated and showed broad and powerful activity aganist two Gram - positive, two Gram -negative and two fungi. | ||
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