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Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of euphorbia fischeriana essential oil from China

  • Jie Cui
  • , Xin Yang*
  • , Ai jun Dong
  • , Da you Cheng
  • , Jing Wang
  • , Hai tian Zhao
  • , Ren bo Xu
  • , Pu Wang
  • , Li Wen-Jing
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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Abstract

The chemical composition of Euphorbia fischeriana essential oil from north China was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS), 43 components were identified. β- Eudesmol (18.22%), p-Menth-8-en-2-ol (9.36%), Caryophyllene oxide (8.61%), β-Selinenol (6.83%), Cedrol (4.30%) and β-Selinene (4.21%) were the main components in the oil of E. fischeriana. The antioxidant activity of E. fischeriana essential oil determinated spectrophotometrically with 2,2- Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), indicated an IC 50 value of 57.24 μg/ml.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4794-4798
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Medicinal Plants Research
Volume5
Issue number19
StatePublished - 23 Sep 2011

Keywords

  • Antioxidant activity
  • Essential oil
  • Euphorbia fischeriana

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