Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Roots of<i>Vetiveria nigritana</i>(Benth.) Stapf from Benin

Kossouoh, Cosme; Moudachirou, Mansourou; Adjakidjé, Victor; Chalchat, Jean‐Claude; Figuérédo, Gilles; Champagnat, Pascal

doi:10.1080/0972060x.2008.10643655

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“…Vetiveria nigritana , a species closely related to C . zizanioides , is endemic to sub‐Saharan Africa and the composition of its essential oil has been investigated in several studies . Up to now, the essential oil prepared from this African variety is not present on the international fragrance market.…”

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“…Vetiveria nigritana, a species closely related to C. zizanioides, is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa and the composition of its essential oil has been investigated in several studies. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Up to now, the essential oil prepared from this African variety is not present on the international fragrance market. As the scope of this review is to cover the VEOs of economic importance, it will be restricted to the 'typical' variety of the main species Chrysopogon zizanioides, excluding the cases of Khus and Vetiveria nigritana, except when these species served as a source of pure compounds for structural elucidation.…”

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Volatile constituents of vetiver: a review

Belhassen

Filippi

Brevard³

et al. 2014

Flavour & Fragrance J

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A comprehensive and critical compilation of the volatile constituents of vetiver root (Chrysopogon zizanioides L.) is presented, including those present in its essential oil. This extremely complex material has stimulated analytical research for many decades in the hope of unravelling the secrets of its composition. Up to now, more than 300 molecules have been reported, mostly sesquiterpenoids possessing a large variety of skeletons, together with their norterpenic counterparts. This review attempts to clarify some of the discrepancies related to the characterization of these constituents, which were often due to the misuses of analytical methods without enough critical consideration of the literature. The identification of the main odour impact components of vetiver is also discussed, because much contradictory information appears in the literature on this subject. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Botanical and Chemotaxonomical Considerationsmentioning

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Volatile constituents of vetiver: a review

Belhassen

Filippi

Brevard³

et al. 2014

Flavour & Fragrance J

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“…V. nigritana roots are also used in the treatment of stomach aches in Nigeria [3]. The chemical composition of the essential oil of Vetiveria nigritana roots from different localities has already been elucidated by some studies revealing a variability of the constituents of this essential oil [1,[4][5][6]. Few investigations have been found on the chemical composition and biological properties of V. nigritana from Burkina Faso.…”

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Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil of Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf roots from Burkina Faso

Semde¹,

Koudou²,

Zongo³

et al. 2017

J App Biol Biotech

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The main objective of this study was to determine the chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of Vetiveria nigritana (Benth.) Stapf roots growing in Burkina Faso. The composition of the essential oil was analyzed by GC and GC / MS. DPPH radical scavenging method and FRAP test were used to demonstrate the antioxidant activity of the essential oil. Antimicrobial activity of the essential oil was determined using disk diffusion method and broth microdilution method. The major components of the essential oil of V. nigritana were dehydronigritene, zizanoic acid, preziza-7-(15)-en-3-ol, khusian-2-ol, ziza-6(13)-en-3-beta-ol, prezizaan-15-al and khusimone. The essential oil demonstrated weak radical scavenging power with an IC50 of 28.35±0.58µl and a low reduction capacity. The essential oil showed a relative good inhibitory action against strains of Bacillus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, Micrococcus luteus, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida kefir and Saccharomyces cerevisiae with inhibition diameters ranging from 11.5±0.71 mm to 23.5±0.71 mm. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of the essential oil of V. nigritana ranged from 1% to 8%, minimum bactericidal concentrations from 2% to 4% with minimum fungicidal concentration of 4%. These results suggest that essential oil of V. nigritana roots could be subjected for pharmaceutical drug formulations.

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