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A New Source of Elemol Rich Essential Oil and Existence of Multicellular Oil Glands in Leaves of the Dioscorea Species
Joint Authors
Sangwan, Neelam S.
Odimegwu, Joy I.
Odukoya, Olukemi
Yadav, Ritesh K.
Chanotiya, C. S.
Ogbonnia, Steve
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Dioscorea species is a very important food and drug plant.
The tubers of the plant are extensively used in food and drug purposes owing to the presence of steroidal constituent’s diosgenin in the tubers.
In the present study, we report for the first time that the leaves of Dioscorea composita and Dioscorea floribunda grown under the field conditions exhibited the presence of multicellular oil glands on the epidermal layers of the plants using stereomicroscopy (SM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Essential oil was also isolated from the otherwise not useful herbage of the plant, and gas chromatographic-mass spectroscopy analysis revealed confirmation of the essential oil constituents.
Out of the 76 compounds detected in D.
floribunda and 37 from D.
composita essential oil, major terpenoids which are detected and reported for Dioscorea leaf essential oil are α-terpinene, nerolidol, citronellyl acetate, farnesol, elemol, α-farnesene, valerenyl acetate, and so forth.
Elemol was detected as the major constituent of both the Dioscorea species occupying 41% and 22% of D.
Floribunda and D.
composita essential oils, respectively.
In this paper, we report for the first time Dioscorea as a possible novel bioresource for the essential oil besides its well-known importance for yielding diosgenin.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Odimegwu, Joy I.& Odukoya, Olukemi& Yadav, Ritesh K.& Chanotiya, C. S.& Ogbonnia, Steve& Sangwan, Neelam S.. 2013. A New Source of Elemol Rich Essential Oil and Existence of Multicellular Oil Glands in Leaves of the Dioscorea Species. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013187
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Odimegwu, Joy I.…[et al.]. A New Source of Elemol Rich Essential Oil and Existence of Multicellular Oil Glands in Leaves of the Dioscorea Species. The Scientific World Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013187
American Medical Association (AMA)
Odimegwu, Joy I.& Odukoya, Olukemi& Yadav, Ritesh K.& Chanotiya, C. S.& Ogbonnia, Steve& Sangwan, Neelam S.. A New Source of Elemol Rich Essential Oil and Existence of Multicellular Oil Glands in Leaves of the Dioscorea Species. The Scientific World Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1013187
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1013187