US EPA

1341748 

Journal Article 

Comparative evaluation of the chemical composition of essential oil from twig, leaf and root of Clerodendrum inerme(L.) Gaertn 

Li, D; Wang, Z; Liang, Z; Yang, X; Xu, J 

2012 

Yes 

Advanced Materials Research
ISSN: 1022-6680 

Advanced Materials Research 

343-344 

22-27 

10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.343-344.22 

WOS:000309383700005 

This study was designed to comparative evaluate the chemical
composition of the essential oil from twig, leaf and root parts of Clerodendrum inerme(L.)
Gaertn. GC-MS analyses of the oils revealed the presence of 8, 8 and 6 compounds in the essential
oils obtained by hydrodistillation from different parts, respectively. Higher amounts of esters
were found to compose a major chemotype in diverse parts of the plant. Dibutyl phthalate was the
main component of all the essential oils attaining in average 34.22%, 59.28% and 44.27% and the
other kind of esters accounted for 38.30%, 17.28% and 10.89% in the twig, leaf and root parts,
respectively. In addition, some pharmaceutical components such as stigmasterol, linoleic acid and
ferruginol were discovered. The study offers theoretic basis for utilization of the traditional
folk herb C. inerme. 

C. inerme(Linn.) Gaertn; essential oil; chemical composition; GC-MS analysis