Research Article

Chemical Constituents and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oil from Dried Seeds of Xylopia aethiopica

Table 1

Yield and physical properties of Xylopia’s essential oil.

ParametersEssential oils

Extraction yield (%)1.35
Density (g·cm−3)0.902 ± 0.025
Refractive index1.334 ± 0.041
Optical rotation (°)+7.69 ± 0.023 (c = 5.98, MeOH)