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CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY
Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 1325-1332Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.200900111
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The chemical composition of Artemisia gorgonum WEBB essential oil from Cape Verde was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. A total of 111 volatile compounds, accounting for 94.9% of the essential oil, were identified by GC and GC/MS. The major compounds were camphor (28.7%), chrysanthenone (10.8%), lavandulyl 2-methylbutanoate (9.5%), alpha-phellandrene (5.5%), lavandulyl propanoate (4.2%), camphene (4.0%), and p-cymene (3.4%). The volatile oil of this endemic plant, which is used in Cape Verdean folk medicine against several ailments, was tested for its antioxidant and antimalarial properties, and was found to exhibit free-radical scavenging on 1,1-dipheny1-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), prevention of lipid peroxidation-in vitro by TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive species) assay, and antiplasmodial activity.
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