I. A. Owokotomo

Chemical Constituents of the Leaf, Stem, Root and Seed Essential Oils of Aframomum melegueta (K. Schum) from South West Nigeria

I. A. Owokotomo, O. Ekundayo & B. J. Oguntuase · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2014

Aframomum melegueta leaf, stem, root and seed essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillation and were analyzed by means of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Twenty components were identified in the leaf essential oil. The major components were mrytenyl acetate (29...