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The essential oil of the wood of Juniperus procera Endl. (Cupressaceae) from the Aberdares mountains, Central Province, Kenya has been extracted by steam distillation for varying times and analyzed using GC and GC-MS. The optimum time has been found to be 8 hours with the yield of the oil and cedrol
The essential oils of Artemisia afra Jacq., Artemisia abyssinica Schultz-Bip. and Juniperus procera Hoechst ex Endl. were examined for their potential radical scavenging activities. First a rapid evaluation of antioxidants was made using a TLC screening method. The abilities of the volatile oils to
OBJECTIVE
To screen the essential oil of Juniperus procera (J. procera) (Cupressaceae) for larvicidal activity against late third instar larvae of Anopheles arabiensis (An. arabiensis) Patton, the principle malaria vector in Ethiopia.
METHODS
The essential oil of J. procera was evaluated against the
Essential oils of eight plants, selected after an ethnobotanical survey conducted in Bukusu community in Bungoma County, western Kenya (Tagetes minuta, Tithonia diversifolia, Juniperus procera, Solanecio mannii, Senna didymobotrya, Lantana camara, Securidaca longepedunculata, and Hoslundia
Variations in the composition of the leaf essential oils and DNA fingerprints (RAPDs) of Juniperus excelsa, J. polycarpos, J. seravschanica, and J. turcomanica were examined. Juniperus procera was also included in the analyses to aid in determining the specific status of J. polycarpos. Based on
In an attempt to reduce the massive application of the toxic chemical pesticides, essential oils (EOs) of Achillea biebersteinii and Juniperus procera were obtained through hydrodistillation and analyzed using (GC-FID) and (GC-MS). α-terpinene and p-cymene were detected as the