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

摘要

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 alpha-santalene along with beta-caryophyllene total more than 50% of the mixture.These oils extracts did not reveal any important antiradical activity.