Phytotoxic and fungitoxic activities of the essential oil of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) leaves and its composition

Authors
Kobaisy, M Tellez, MR Webber, CL Dayan, FE Schrader, KK Wedge, DE
Citation
M. Kobaisy et al., Phytotoxic and fungitoxic activities of the essential oil of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) leaves and its composition, J AGR FOOD, 49(8), 2001, pp. 3768-3771
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Chemistry & Analysis
Journal title
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00218561 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
3768 - 3771
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(200108)49:8<3768:PAFAOT>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oil of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus ) was examined by GCMS. Fifty-eight components were characterized from H. c annabinus with (E)-phytol (28.16%), (Z)phytol (8.02%), n-nonanal (5.70%), b enzene acetaldehyde (4.39%), (E)-2-hexenal (3.10%), and 5-methylfurfural (3 .00%) as the major constituents. The oil was phytotoxic to lettuce and bent grass and had antifungal activity against Colletotrichum fragariae, Colleto trichum gloeosporioides, and Colletotrichum accutatum but exhibited little or no algicidal activity.