Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils from <i>Struchium sparganophora</i> Linn. Ktze Asteraceae

Abstract

Struchium sparganophora Linn. Ktze Asteraceae is a culinary herb that is consumed in the Western part of Nigeria and has wide medicinal uses in traditional medicine. The present study was carried out to determine the chemical composition of the oils from its leaf and stem and their antibacterial activity. Essential oils were collected from the leaf and stem of Struchium sparganophora by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC-MS. The antimicrobial activity was tested against Gram negative (G − ve) and Gram positive (G + ve) microorganisms obtained from the

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