- Analysis of the essential oil of Juniperus procera Endl. growing in Kenya.
Analysis of the essential oil of Juniperus procera Endl. growing in Kenya.
African journal of medicine and medical sciences (1997-03-01)
T A Akeng'a, S C Chhabra
PMID10895238
ABSTRACT
The essential oil of the wood of Juniperus procera Endl. (Cupressaceae) from the Aberdares mountains, Central Province, Kenya has been extracted by steam distillation for varying times and analyzed using GC and GC-MS. The optimum time has been found to be 8 hours with the yield of the oil and cedrol as 0.48 and 79.10%, respectively. Other constituents include 3,4-dimethylbiphenyl, a-cedrene, camphor, trans-geraniol, eugenol, and a-terpineol.
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