Chemical Composition and General Toxicity of Essential Oil Extracted from the Stalks and Flowers of Rheum Ribes L. Growing in Iran

AuthorMohammad Reza Nikbakhten
AuthorSolmaz Esnaasharien
AuthorFariba Heshmati Afsharen
Issued Date2013-12-31en
AbstractThe essential oil of Rheum ribes L. stalks and flowers, growing in Iran, were extracted with hydro-distillation and analyzed by GC-MS. Thirty constituents representing 93.84% of Rheum oil were identified. The oil was found to be rich in hydrocarbons especially long-chain n-alkanes (80.81%). The most abundant components in the oil included tricosane (26.29%), heneicosane (26.07%), pentacosane (10.63%), heptacosane (10.37%) and palmitic acid (3.64%). The essential oil was also evaluated for general toxicity bioassay using brine shrimp lethality method. The toxicity profile of the oil indicated some degree of toxicity in comparison with podophyllotoxin. en
DOIhttps://doi.org/en
URIhttps://brieflands.com/journals/jrps/articles/147750en
KeywordRheum ribes L.en
KeywordGeneral Toxicityen
Keywordessential oilen
KeywordBrine Shrimp Lethalityen
KeywordLong-Chain N-Alkanesen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleChemical Composition and General Toxicity of Essential Oil Extracted from the Stalks and Flowers of Rheum Ribes L. Growing in Iranen
TypeResearch Articleen

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