Abstract
Essential Oil Components Identification of Siam Weed Leaf (Chromolaena odorata L.) From West Kalimantan and Activity Tests on Rubber Tree Termite Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren
Highlights
Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) plant is one of the plants in the Asteraceae family that has the potential to produce essential oils
This study aims to determine the components of Siam weed (C. odorata) essential oils and the activity of rubber tree termites, Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren
Based on the results of chromatograms, there were 21 peaks of compounds contained in Siam weed essential oils from West Kalimantan
Summary
Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) plant is one of the plants in the Asteraceae family that has the potential to produce essential oils. Besides being known as Siam weed, this plant is known as Kirinyuh, botto-botto, kopasanda, and laruna (Saputra et al, 2017). According to Munte and Lubis (2016), Siam weed leaf extract contains secondary metabolites in the form of alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids, saponins, and essential oils (Owolabi et al, 2010). Essential oils found in Siam weed leaves have components the main compounds are α-pinene (20.7%), pregeijerene (14.6%), geijerene (12%), β-pinene (10.3%), and germacrene-D (9.7%) (Félicien et al, 2012). According to Siramon et al (2009) that α-pinene compounds have anti-crawl activity
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