Assessment of chemical composition and toxicity of the essential oil of leaves and fruits of Jatropha gossypifolia L.

The leaves and fruits of Jatropha gossypifolia L. were evaluated for their chemical composition. The essential oil of the leaves, were obtained by hydrodistillation and the fatty material of albumen and seeds were evaluated for chemical composition and toxicity in the Artemia salina assay. The extra...

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Main Authors: Juciely Moreti dos Reis, Willian Ferreira da Costa, Sandro Minguzzi, Rogério César de Lara da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2014-02-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semexatas/article/view/14755/13931