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• The role of centrifugal partition chromatography in the removal of β-asarone from Acorus calamus essential oil

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  • P. Szczeblewski
  • M. Wróblewski
  • J. Borzyszkowska-Bukowska
  • T. Bairamova
  • J. Górska
  • T. Laskowski
  • A. Samulewicz
  • M. Kosno
  • Ł. Sobiech
  • J. Polit
  • W. Kukula-Koch

  - Scientific Reports - Year 2022

  Β-asarone is a phenylpropane derivative present in the rhizomes of Acorus calamus, that was proved to exhibit toxic effects in humans. Because of its presence the whole plant that is commonly used in traditional medicine for its sedative, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and other properties has limited application nowadays. In the study, qualitative and quantitative analysis of a collection of nine essential oil (EO) samples...

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