A comparative study of essential oils of Cymbopogon citratus and some members of the genus Citrus.

Nat Prod Res

Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Laboratories Complex, Karachi-75280, Pakistan.

Published: October 2003

Steam distilled oils of some species of the genus Citrus and Cymbopogon citratus were analyzed by GC-MS. It is observed that citral b was the most common constituent of the oils, which could be a good inhibitor of beta-glucuronidase as all the tested essential oils showed significant inhibition of beta-glucuronidase. IC50 values of a mixture of citral a and b also proved the hypothesis. The same oils also exhibited positive response against tested microbes.

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