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Chemical compositions and mosquito repellency of essential oils from Artabotrys hexapetalus and Artabotrys rupestris

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dc.creator Suleiman, R. A.
dc.creator Mgani, Quintino A.
dc.creator Nyandoro, Stephen S.
dc.date 2016-06-26T17:08:58Z
dc.date 2016-06-26T17:08:58Z
dc.date 2015-05
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:54:39Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:54:39Z
dc.identifier Suleiman, R., Mgani, Q., & Nyandoro, S. (2015). Chemical compositions and mosquito repellency of essential oils from <i>Artabotrys hexapetalus</i> and <i>Artabotrys rupestris</i>. International Journal Of Biological And Chemical Sciences, 8(6), 2804. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v8i6.37
dc.identifier 1991-8631
dc.identifier 1997-342X
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2675
dc.identifier 10.4314/ijbcs.v8i6.37
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2675
dc.description The two Tanzanian Artabotrys species were investigated to establish the chemical composition and mosquito repellent properties of their essential oils. Hydrodistillation of leaves and stem bark of Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) (Annonaceae) and stem bark of Artabotrys rupestris Diels (Annonaceae) gave essential oils which were analyzed by Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). While the oil from the stem bark of A. hexapetalus contained high amount of β-caryophyllene oxide, the oil from the leaves had both β- caryophyllene oxide and 11-hexadcyn-1-ol as the main components. The oil from the root barks of A. rupestris contained large amount of 6-(p-tolyl)-2-methyl-2-heptanol and (-)-spathulenol. β-Caryophyllene oxide, cadinol, cubenol, (-)-spathulenol and 7-methyl-4-methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)-naphthalene were identified as common constituents of the essential oils from the two plant species investigated. On evaluation for mosquito repellency, the essential oil from the leaves of A. hexapetalus was found to exhibit strong activity with RC50 = 1.81×10-5 mg/cm2 and 2.79×10-5 mg/cm2 for the first and the second fractions, respectively against female Anopheles gambiae s.s. mosquitoes. The repellency activity of essential oil from leaves were significantly higher than from stem bark, but less than that of the standard citronella oil used (RC50 = 4.1×10-6 mg/cm2). The observed high mosquito repellent activity for the essential oil fractions from A. hexapetalus could be attributed to the presence of β-caryophyllene oxide.
dc.language en
dc.publisher AJOL
dc.subject Essential oils
dc.subject Mosquito repellent properties
dc.subject Annonaceae
dc.subject β-caryophyllene oxide
dc.subject Cadinol
dc.subject Cubenol
dc.title Chemical compositions and mosquito repellency of essential oils from Artabotrys hexapetalus and Artabotrys rupestris
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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