Essential oil composition of L. (passifloraceae) flowers and chemical-biology study of the leaves extracts and isolated compound.

is a climbing herb employed in ethno-medicine for the treatment of various ailments. The essential oil from flowers of was obtained by hydrodistillation. The ethanol extract of the leaves was dissolved in water, then partitioned with -hexane and -butanol to obtain the various fractions; the fractions and isolated compound were subjected to antioxidant activity.