Variation in Essential Oil Constituents of the Leaf of Anacardium Occidentale found in Ondo, South Western-Nigeria

Jesumoroti Omobolanle Janet¹, Oderinlo Ogunyemi Olajide¹, Oluwafemi Kola Augustus^2, and Olagbadegun Oluwakemi Janet³

¹Department of Chemistry, Wesley University, Ondo, Nigeria

²Department of Chemistry, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria

³Department of Physical Science, Wesley University of Science and Technology, Ondo, Nigeria

Cite this paper:
Jesumoroti Omobolanle Janet, Oderinlo Ogunyemi Olajide, Oluwafemi Kola Augustus and Olagbadegun Oluwakemi Janet. Variation in Essential Oil Constituents of the Leaf of Anacardium Occidentale found in Ondo, South Western-Nigeria. World Journal of Analytical Chemistry. 2015; 3(1):10-16. doi: 10.12691/wjac-3-1-2

Abstract

GC-MS analysis of the essential oil from the fresh leaves of Anacardium occidentale from Nigeria detected sixty components. The essential oil was hydro-distilled by using Clevenger-type apparatus. The main constituents in the essential oil from the leaves were beta-caryophyllene (17.36 %), alpha-copane (13.50 %), germacrene D. (10.67 %), germacrene B (9.93 %) and gamma-cadinene (8.17 %).

Keywords:
Anarcardium occidentale essential oils hydro-distillation and germacrene B and climate change

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