Hydrodistilled leaves and fruits of Hoslundia opposita yielded 0.54% and 0.65%v/w of essentials oils. Investigation by GC and GC-MS revealed that the bulk of the oils were constituted by oxygenated monoterpenes (81.3 and 81.4% for the leaves and fruits, respectively). The principal constituents of the leaf oil were 1, 8-cineole (72.3%), terpineol (7.2%), sabinene (4.5%), thymol (4.2%) and car-3...

Rapid increases of energy consumption and human dependency on fossil fuels have led to the accumulation greenhouse gases consequently, climate change. As such, major efforts been taken develop, test, adopt clean renewable fuel alternatives. Production bioethanol biodiesel from crops is well developed, while other feedstock resources processes also shown high potential provide efficient cost-eff...