Essential oil from inflorescence of Spilanthes calva D.C.

Authors

  • Jaripa Begum BCSIR Laboratories, P.O.- Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh
  • Md Nazrul Islam Bhuiyan BCSIR Laboratories, P.O.- Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh
  • Jasim Uddin Chowdhury BCSIR Laboratories, P.O.- Chittagong Cantonment, Chittagong-4220, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Spilanthes calva, Essential oil, GC-MS, Caryophyllene oxide

Abstract

Seven components have been identified including caryophyllene oxide (24.14%), caryophyllene (22.19%), limonene (21.79%) and myrcene (9.02%), as significantly dominating compounds of essential oil from inflorescences of Spilanthes calva DC. from Bangladesh investigated by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.

Key words: Spilanthes calva, Essential oil, GC-MS, Caryophyllene oxide

doi:10.3329/bjb.v37i2.1737

Bangladesh J. Bot. 37(2): 217-218, 2008 (December)

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Essential oil from inflorescence of Spilanthes calva D.C. (2008). Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 37(2), 217-218. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v37i2.1737

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (2008)

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Short Communications

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Essential oil from inflorescence of Spilanthes calva D.C. (2008). Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 37(2), 217-218. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v37i2.1737