Isolation of Volatile Compounds from Solanum aculeastrum (Solanaceae)
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2006-02-26
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Koduru, S.
Asekun, O.T.
Grierson, D.S.
Afolayan, A.J.
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The GC-MS analyses of the volatile oil obtained by hydrodistillation of the leaves of Solanum aculeastrum yielded 31 volatile compounds, representing 84.5% of the total oil composition. The oil consisted mainly of alkanes (17.5%), aldehydes (17%) and aromatic hydrocarbons (15.2%). The major compounds were n-nonane (12.4%) and o-phthalic acid (11.8%). The hexane fraction of the methanolic extract of the berries of the plant was also subjected to GC-MS analyses, yielding 16 compounds, which accounted for 87.1% of the total volatiles. The fraction was dominated by alkanes/alkenes with undecane (21.7%), tetradecane (10.8%) and tridecane (10.0%) being the most prominent
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Research Subject Categories::NATURAL SCIENCES::Chemistry::Organic chemistry , Solanum aculeastrum , hexane fraction , hydrodistillation , n-nonane
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Koduru, S., Asekun, O. T., Grierson, D. S., & Afolayan, A. J. (2006). Isolation of volatile compounds from Solanum aculeastrum (Solanaceae). Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 9(1), 65-69.