Chemical Composition of Leaf Essential Oil of Annona senegalensis Pers. (Annonaceae) growing in North Central Nigeria

Abstract

Leaf essential oil of Annona senegalensis Pers. obtained by hydrodistillation was analysed using GC and GC/MS. The analyses revealed the abundance of oxygenated monoterpenes (65.0%). The major constituents were citronellal (30.0%), citronellol (14.8%), geranial (17.2%), thymol (8.1%), β-caryophyllene (7.8%) and carvacrol (6.92).