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Abstract The mirage of bioactive compounds in essential oil (EO) has raised its prospects as an alternative to synthetic chemicals preservatives. The yields of the hydro-distilled EO from the leaf… Click to show full abstract
Abstract The mirage of bioactive compounds in essential oil (EO) has raised its prospects as an alternative to synthetic chemicals preservatives. The yields of the hydro-distilled EO from the leaf and stem-bark of Adansonia digitata were: 0.302% and 0.403%; while identified compounds were: 23 and 40 respectively. The principal chemical constituents of the EO were: hydrocarbons, alkene alcohol, cyclic ketonic ether, terpenoids, amides, esters. Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol (26.31%), 8-dimethyl-2-(1-methylethenyl) (8.20%), Tetracosan (6.54%), Heptacosane (5.81%) and Tetratetracontane (5.59%) were dominant compounds in the leaves EO. While, the major compounds of the stem-bark EO were: Octadecane (9.30%), Cyclopentane (8.81%), 1-Octadecanesulphonyl chloride (8.73%), Heptadecane (8.50%), Eicosane (8.34%), and Tetracosan (7.12%). The antimicrobial activity of the EO against post-harvest decay of tomato fruits stored at room temperature (27±2 °C) indicated significant (P
Journal Title: Lwt - Food Science and Technology
Year Published: 2018
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