Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa 3886, South Africa
Abstract
The essential oil from the rhizomes of Cyperus distans L.f. obtained by hydrodistillation was analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS techniques. Eight constituents were identified, representing 99.6% of the total oil. The major components of the oil were cyperene (47.6%), α-pinene (18.8%), 1,8-cineole (14.5%) and caryophyllene oxide (7.3%).
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine,Plant Science,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,General Medicine
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