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| GC/MS Analysis of Essential Oils Extracted from Cymbopogon schoenanthus Leaves, Spikes and Roots (Sudan)
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Nazik A. Gasam Alseed , Esraa Omer Adam, Gibla Omer A.
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Abstract:
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (Marhabaib/ Maharaib) is a famous high-flowering aromatic plant which is widely used in Sudan for nutritional, medicinal and cosmetic purposes. This work was carried to investigate the yield percentage and chemical composition of leaves, spikes and roots essential oils. Whole plant samples were collected from Northern Darfur, River Nile and Gedarif States. The different oils were extracted by hydrodistillation. Leaves showed the highest mean oil yield (3.39%) followed by roots (2.37%) and spikes (1.54%). Considerable qualitative and quantitative variations in essential oils composition were shown by GC/MS analysis. The highest numbers of constituents were given by N. Darfur spikes (37) and leaves oil (34). River Nile and Gedarif leaves oil showed equal number of constituents as (24). The lowest constituents were observed in River Nile roots oil (13). The major common compounds in leaves, spikes and roots were Piperitone, elemol and ?-eudesemol. ?-eudesemol was high in Gedarif (39.12%) and River Nile roots oil (28.87%) whereas, it was not detected in N. Darfur. High piperitone mean was shown by Gedarif oils (39.85%). Elemol mean value was higher in N. Darfur (50.56%), whereas ?-eudesemol mean was higher in River Nile (22.77%).
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