Chemical Constituents Of Fragrant Capsicums Of Nlgerla— Part Lll: The Oxygenated Fraction Of The Essential Oil Of The Nsukka Yellow Pepper.

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  • E. O. P. Agbakwuru Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.

Abstract

The highly fragrant acid - free oxygenated fraction of the essential oil of the Nsukka Yellow Pepper contains at least 116  components (detectable on Capillary GC) made up of free alcohols (3.8%) and aliphatic esters ( > 91%). A total of 37 esters and four free alcohols were found of which only 6 esters had earlier been reported in C. fruitescens, the other compounds being new to thegenus Capsicum. The most abundant component of this fraction was butanoic acid, 3-methyl-, 4-methylpentyl ester which accounted for 22.2% of the oil. 

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Author Biography

E. O. P. Agbakwuru, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.

 

 

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Published

1991-04-01

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Agbakwuru, E. O. P. . (1991). Chemical Constituents Of Fragrant Capsicums Of Nlgerla— Part Lll: The Oxygenated Fraction Of The Essential Oil Of The Nsukka Yellow Pepper. The Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy, 22(1). Retrieved from https://psnnjp.org/index.php/home/article/view/308

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (1991): Nigerian Journal of Pharmacy

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