Chemical composition of Hyptis suaveolens grown in Saki, South Western Nigerian, for its resource recovery

This study determined oil recovery potential of Hyptis suaveolens for its beneficial use. Pulverized leaves (500 g) of Hyptis suaveolens was hydro-distilled for 3 hours using Clevenger apparatus set up. The percentage yield of the oil was 0.29 % (v/w). The GC-FID analysis of the extractedoil revealed 36 chemical components (99.99 %) of which 72.54 % is mono-terpenoids, 21.96 % is sesquterpenoids and 5.49 % is non-terpenoid constituents. The major constituents of the oil are Sabinene (25.0 %), α-terpinolene (13.64 %), β-caryophyllene (12.75 %), 1, 8-cineole (9.11 %), β-pinene (5.65 %), bicyclogermacrene (5.61 %) and limonene (5.40 %). This result showed a little variation to other leaves essential oils of the same plant that had been investigated previously in the country and beyond.