Aromatic Plants of Tropical Central Africa. XI. Essential Oils of Leaf and Seed of Aframomum melegueta (Roscoe) K. Schum. from Central African Republic

Gérard Lamaty Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Physique, Université de Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Chantal Menut Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Physique, Université de Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Jean Koudou Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Université de Bangui, BP 908, Central African Republic

Paulin Régnier Laboratoire de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Université de Bangui, BP 908, Central African Republic

Jean-Marie Bessière Laboratoire de Phytochimie, ENSCM, 34053, Montpellier Cedex 1, France

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The essential oils obtained from seeds and leaves of Aframomum melegueta have been analyzed by GC and GC/MS; in both samples the major component is β-pinene (>30%) but these oils differ by their other constituents. The leaf oil is found to be rich in oxygenated mono- and sesquiterpenoids (45%), whereas the seed oil contains about 50% of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons

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