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  • Title: Essential oil composition, antibacterial activity and toxicity of the leaves of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) taubert from Nigeria.
    Author: Aboaba SA, Ogunwande IA, Walker TM, Setzer WN, Oladosu IA, Ekundayo O.
    Journal: Nat Prod Commun; 2009 Feb; 4(2):287-90. PubMed ID: 19370941.
    Abstract:
    The composition of the essential oil of the leaves of Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.) Taubert. from Nigeria were analyzed by GC/MS. Forty-one compounds representing 89.5% of the essential oil were characterized. The essential oil was dominated by 1,8-cineole (19.4%), 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (13.6%), phytol (9.1%), alpha-pinene (8.1%) and geranylacetone (6.7%). The oil exhibited moderate toxicity in the brine shrimp lethality assay (117.5 microg/mL), and displayed weak antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis.
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