Authors :
Abubakar Sani; Muhammad Sulaiman Rahama
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG405
Abstract :
Buchu (Barosma betulina) is a small
flowering plant found in the family Rutaceae in
Western Cape of South Africa, Namibia and Australia,
capable of growing up to 2 meters with a simple
rounded leaf that produced essential oil of strong
peppermint and sweetish smell. The Buchu oil as an
essential oil consist of many chemical constituents, the
main components includes piperitone, pulegone,
piperitone epoxide, iso-menthone, P-menthane-8-thiol3-one, 4-diosphenol. The piperitone epoxide and Pmenthane-8-thiol-3-one constituents in Buchu oil have
high commercial values, which extensively used as
fragrances in perform, flavor, food additives, tonic and
medicinal stimulant in modern medicine in the
manufacture of insecticides, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory and antioxidant in cosmetic products.
The extinction threat of the plant and chemistry benefit
of these chemical constituents initiate scientist with
synthetic route for synthesizing the compounds from
Eucalyptus dives oil and pennyroyal oil, which are also
an essential oils and abundant in nature. In the
synthesis, purified piperitone and pulegone from the
Eucalyptus dives oil and pennyroyal oil produced two
enatiotiomers of piperitone epoxide and P-menthane-8-
thiol-3-one respectively. The analytical analysis such
infrared and GC-Mc conducted for the starting
materials, synthesis processes and synthesize products
showed results of significant value in terms chemical
reactions and structural re-arrangement.
Keywords :
Buchu (Barosma betulina), Eucalyptus dives oil, pennyroyal oil, piperitone, pulegone, piperitone epoxide, p-menthane-8-thiol-3one, TGA, Infrared spectroscopy, GC-MS.
Buchu (Barosma betulina) is a small
flowering plant found in the family Rutaceae in
Western Cape of South Africa, Namibia and Australia,
capable of growing up to 2 meters with a simple
rounded leaf that produced essential oil of strong
peppermint and sweetish smell. The Buchu oil as an
essential oil consist of many chemical constituents, the
main components includes piperitone, pulegone,
piperitone epoxide, iso-menthone, P-menthane-8-thiol3-one, 4-diosphenol. The piperitone epoxide and Pmenthane-8-thiol-3-one constituents in Buchu oil have
high commercial values, which extensively used as
fragrances in perform, flavor, food additives, tonic and
medicinal stimulant in modern medicine in the
manufacture of insecticides, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory and antioxidant in cosmetic products.
The extinction threat of the plant and chemistry benefit
of these chemical constituents initiate scientist with
synthetic route for synthesizing the compounds from
Eucalyptus dives oil and pennyroyal oil, which are also
an essential oils and abundant in nature. In the
synthesis, purified piperitone and pulegone from the
Eucalyptus dives oil and pennyroyal oil produced two
enatiotiomers of piperitone epoxide and P-menthane-8-
thiol-3-one respectively. The analytical analysis such
infrared and GC-Mc conducted for the starting
materials, synthesis processes and synthesize products
showed results of significant value in terms chemical
reactions and structural re-arrangement.
Keywords :
Buchu (Barosma betulina), Eucalyptus dives oil, pennyroyal oil, piperitone, pulegone, piperitone epoxide, p-menthane-8-thiol-3one, TGA, Infrared spectroscopy, GC-MS.
