title: Chemical composition, toxicity and larvicidal activity of the essential oil from the whole plant of Acalypha segetalis from south-west Nigeria.
abstract: The chemical composition of the essential oil from the whole plant of Acalypha segetalis Muell. Arg. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Nineteen volatile constituents were identified. The main compounds were alpha-pinene (8.5%), neophytadiene, isomer II (14.7%) and neophytadiene, isomer III (33.6%). Toxicity and larvicidal assays revealed that the plant had LC50 values of 14.0 microg/mL and 45.4 microg/mL respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. yinkaaboaba1@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sherifat A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Aboaba
authors.forename: Olapeju O
authors.initials: OO
authors.lastname: Aiyelaagbe
authors.forename: Olusegun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ekundayo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D001156:Artemia; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D019665:Euphorbiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007814:Larva; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D009549:Nigeria; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D007306:Insecticides; D009822:Oils, Volatile