Aromatic Plants of Tropical Central Africa. XL. Essential Oils from Uvariodendron calophyllum R.E. Fries Growing in Cameroon

Abstract

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from roots, wood and stem barks of Uvariodendron calophyllum R. E. Fries (Annonaceae) were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The tree organs were found to contain 0.39%, 0.04% and 0.52% of oils for the roots, wood and stem bark, respectively. The qualitative composition of the oils were found to be similar, with 82–87% of hydrocarbons among which α-santalene along with β-caryophyllene total more than 50% of the mixture. These oils extracts did not reveal any important antiradical activity.

Key Word Index:

• Uvariodendron calophyllum
• Annonaceae
• essential oil composition
• β-caryophyllene
• α-santalene
• antiradical activity