Composition of the Essential Oils ofAnnona senegalensisvar.senegalensis

Abstract

Nineteen mono-and sesquiterpenoids were identified in the essential oils of the leaves and fruits of Annona senegalensis var. senegalensis by means of GC and GC-MS. The major constituents were car-3-ene in the fruit oil and linalool in the leaf volatile oil. The quantitative and qualitative composition of the two essential oils were considerably different.

Assessment of Anti-Fungal Activity of Annona senegalensis Plant Parts on Malassezia globosa

“…The plant is reputed to be of great medicinal value and is used in native medicine [12]. It have been used against snake venom [13,14], for chest pain, coughs, anemia, urinary tract infection [15,16], venereal diseases [17,18], anthritis and rheumatism [19], diarrohea and dysentery [20][21][22], against malaria [23], head and body ache [24,25] anti-bacterial [26], against leishmaniasis [27], against typanasomiasis [28], eyelid swelling [29] Antiprotozoan [30], antitumor agent [31,32], molluscisidal [33] antiulcer/antacid, smooth muscle relaxant [34], anthelmintic activity [35] and also for cancer treatment [17,36]. A lot of scientific studies have been done and reported concerning its medicinal values but none so far on skin ailments caused by the fungus Melassezia globosa.…”

Chemical composition of leaf essential oil of <i>Annona senegalensis</i> Pers. (Annonaceae) growing in North Central Nigeria

“…The yield compared favourably with the yield obtained from the leaf of A. senegalensis grown in South West Nigeria (Ekundayo and Oguntimehin, 1986). Table 1 shows the retention indices, relative percentage and identities of the constituents of the oil.…”

“…Germacrene D was reported to be the predominant constituent of the leaf essential oil obtained from Burkina Faso grown A. senegalensis (Nebie et al, 2005), while analysis of the seed oil obtained from Senegal grown A. senegalensis showed the predominance of terpinen-4-ol (Alassane et al, 2004). Earlier work on the leaves and fruits essential oil of the plant growing in South-West Nigeria also revealed the presence of car-3-ene and linalool as the major constituent of the fruit and leaf oils respectively (Ekundayo and Oguntimehin, 1986).…”

Senegalene, une nouvelle acétogénine oléfinique mono-tétrahydrofuranique des graines d'Annona senegalensis

“…Annona senegalensis n'a jusqu'h prCsent fait l'objet d'aucune recherche dans ce domaine. Seule a Ct C signalCe, dans les feuilles et les fruits, la prbence d'huile essentielle composCe de mono et de sesquiterpknes (3), dans les racines, de diterpknes de type kaurane (4) et dans les Ccorces de tiges, d'acides aminks (5). .…”