COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS OF SOME HIGH-LAND AROMATIC PLANTS GROWING IN ETHIOPIA

Document Type : Original Article

Author

School of Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, P.O.Box 1176, Ethiopia .

Abstract

The essential oil of Plectranthus assurgens was analysed by GC/MS where several components were identified for the first time. The components of the oil of P.assurgens as well as Callistemon citrinus prepared from Ethiopian plants were compared with those oils prepared from other species growing abroad.