September 2014

Effect of geographical location and antibacterial activities of essential oils from Ivoirian Chromolaena odorata (L) R. M. King & Robinson (Asteraceae)

Essential oil yield and chemical composition of fresh leaves of Chromolaena odorata obtained by hydro-distillation collected from five different sites in Abidjan were investigated. The chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). From each locality, leaves were collected during sunny period to look for some correlation between...

Author(s): Daouda Touré,, Bi Koffi F. P Kouamé, Gustave Bedi, Allico Joseph, Nathalie Guessennd, Raphael Oussou, Jean Claude Chalchat, Mireille Dosso and Felix Tonzibo