Edewor, T. I.Hamid, A. A.Muhammad, N. O.Olawore, N. O.Saliu, B. K.Usman, L. A.2011-05-172011-05-172011-05-17http://hdl.handle.net/2003/2773910.17877/DE290R-8905Hydrodistilled leaves of Chenopodium album yielded 0.64 % v/w of essential oil. GC and GC/MS analyses of the oil revealed that the bulk of the oil was constituted by aromatic compounds (60.1 %). The abundant constituents of the oil were: p- cymene (40.9 %), ascaridole (15.5 %), pinane-2-ol (9.9 %), α-pinene (7.0 %), β-pinene (6.2 %) and α-terpineol (6.2 %). The oil displayed strong anti-inflammatory activity against 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) – induced ear edema in mice.enEXCLI Journal ; Vol. 9, 2010anti-inflammatoryascaridolechenopodiaceaeChenopodium albump-cymenepinane-2-olα-terpineol610article (journal)