cadinol and alpha-pinene

The study was focused on the evaluation of antimicrobial activity in vitro of the essential oil (EO) of leaves from Schinus molle against bacteria and fungi of clinical importance in the search for the discovery of new active compounds.. The chemical composition of the S. molle EO was determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and its antimicrobial effect was verified by broth microdilution method. The major compounds found were β-pinene (25·23%), epi-α-cadinol (21·29%), α-pinene (18·72%), myrcene (11·54%) and sabinene (5·02%). The EO showed significant antifungal activity against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (39·06 μg ml. This study showed a promising result of S. molle volatiles against the fungus P. brasiliensis, which causes paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), a systemic mycosis of great clinical importance in Latin America.. The results found here are novel and encourage investigations of the compounds present in this EO, which represents a source of molecules with potential use in the treatment of PCM.

Topics: Acyclic Monoterpenes; Alkenes; Anacardiaceae; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antifungal Agents; Bicyclic Monoterpenes; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; Cryptococcus neoformans; Monoterpenes; Oils, Volatile; Paracoccidioides; Plant Leaves; Plant Oils; Terpenes; Trichophyton

Essential oils from the leaf of Cinnamomum perrottetii Meissn. collected from three distinct populations in the southern Western Ghats, India were analysed by GC-FID and GC-MS. A total of 56 volatile constituents representing 92.2-96.3% of the oils were identified. Variations in the chemical constituents of the oils were found. Only three major components namely, α-pinene (5.1-6.6%), tau-cadinol (8.7-20.5%) and α-cadinol (7.3-13%) out of 10 were found in all three samples. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the chemical compositions of leaf essential oil of C. perrottetii.

Topics: Bicyclic Monoterpenes; Cinnamomum; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; India; Monoterpenes; Oils, Volatile; Plant Leaves; Terpenes

Essential oils hydrodistilled from the leaves and stem barks of Goniothalamus macrocalyx Ban., Goniothalamus albiflorus Ban. and Goniothalamus tamirensis Pierre ex Fin. & Gagnep. growing in Vietnam were analysed by gas chromatography (GC) and GC-coupled with mass spectrometry. α-Pinene (1.7-50.0%), β-pinene (tr-6.8%), β-myrcene (tr-1.5%), (E)-β-ocimene (tr-4.6%), β-caryophyllene (9.9-12.8%), aromadendrene (0.2-6.0%), α-humulene (1.7-6.9%), α-cadinol (1.2-14.5%), δ-cadinene (0.1-10.3%) and n-hexadecanoic acid (0.2-1.9%) were common to the oil samples. α-Pinene (50.0%) was the most abundant single constituent of the leaf oil of G. macrocalyx, whereas the major compounds of the stem were α-cadinol (14.5%), β-caryophyllene (10.3%) and octadecanoic acid (8.2%). Benzoic acid (18.4%), β-caryophyllene (12.4%) and α-pinene (10.3%) were present in the leaf of G. albiflorus, whereas limonene (21.2%), β-caryophyllene (12.8%) and α-phellandrene (9.3%) were identified in the stem. The leaf oil of G. tamirensis was characterised by abundance of α-pinene (33.4%), viridiflorol (18.5%) and β-caryophyllene (12.4%), whereas γ-gurjunene (11.2%), β-caryophyllene (10.9%) and δ-cadinene (10.3%) predominates in the stem oil.

Topics: Acyclic Monoterpenes; Alkenes; Azulenes; Bicyclic Monoterpenes; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; Chromatography, Gas; Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Goniothalamus; Monocyclic Sesquiterpenes; Monoterpenes; Oils, Volatile; Plant Bark; Plant Leaves; Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; Sesquiterpenes; Terpenes

Volatiles from wild Tunisian diploid (2n=2x=26) and tetraploid (2n=4x=52) Teucrium polium L. populations from five bioclimatic zones were assessed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-eight compounds were identified. Main volatiles at the species level were myrcene (6; 15.3%), germacrene D (27; 9.0%), alpha-pinene (6.6%), beta-pinene (3; 5.8%), and alpha-cadinol (38; 5.1%). A significant variation among populations was observed. The tetraploid populations belonging to the sub humid and lower semi arid bioclimates showed a high amount of myrcene (6; 24.2-43.8%), those from the upper arid contain high percentages of alpha-cadinol (38; 50.6%). The dominant compounds in diploid populations, mainly located in the semi arid zone, are alpha-pinene (1) and germacrene D (27). Population chemical structure, assessed by a principal component analysis (PCA) using all identified compounds, is concordant with bioclimate and ploidy level. In situ conservation of populations should be made appropriately according to these two factors.

Topics: Acyclic Monoterpenes; Alkenes; Bicyclic Monoterpenes; Bridged Bicyclo Compounds; Monoterpenes; Oils, Volatile; Principal Component Analysis; Sesquiterpenes, Germacrane; Terpenes; Teucrium; Tunisia