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Chemical composition and Biological activities of the Essential oil extracted from the Fresh leaves of Chromolaena odorata (L. Robinson) growing in Benin

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Lab. d’Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou BENIN
  • 2Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, IBMM UMR, CNRS-UM1-UM2, ENSCM, rue de l’Ecole Normale, Montpellier cedex, FRANCE

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 1, Issue (3), Pages 7-13, July,10 (2012)

Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil of Chromolaena odorata(L. Robinson) (Asteraceae) of leaves collected in Benin was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Twenty three compounds were identified and quantified in the essential oil, which represented 99.4 % of the total constituents. The main constituents found in the oil were -pinene (20.7%), pregeijerene (14.6%), geijerene (12.0%), -pinene (10.3%), germacrene-D (9.7%). The antibacterial activitiy of this oil was found to be relevant while the antifungal and antiradical activities were low.

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