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Essential Oil of Phyllanthus reticulatus Poiret from Nigeria*
Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, sede Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Universita di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, Pisa, Italy
- 1 Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
- 2 Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
- 3 Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
- 4 Natural Products Research Unit, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, PMB 0001, LASU Post Office, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria
- 5 Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, sede Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Universita di Pisa, Via Bonanno 33, Pisa, Italy
American Journal of Plant Sciences·Volume 06 (2015)·Pages 6–13·Published 6 January 2015·DOI10.4236/ajps.2015.61002
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Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Phyllanthus reticulatus Poiret (Euphorbiaceae) growing in Nigeria has been studied. The constituents of the oil were analyzed by means of gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Monoterpenes (64.9%) were the dominant class of compounds, followed by sesquiterpenes (23.0%). The major constituents were α-pinene (6.0%), sabinene (7.6%), β-pinene (18.1%), linalool (6.9%) and camphor (7.7%), among the monoterpenes, and β-caryophyllene (11.9%) and germacrene D (8.6%) among the sesquiterpenes. This is the first report on the volatile constituents of Phyllanthus reticulatus.
KeywordsPhyllanthus reticulatusEssential Oil CompositionMonoterpenesSesquiterpenes
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