Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from Cinnamodendron dinisii Schwacke and Siparuna guianensis Aublet
Milene Aparecida Andrade,
Maria das Graças Cardoso,
Juliana de Andrade,
Lucilene Fernandes Silva,
Maria Luisa Teixeira,
Juliana Maria Valério Resende,
Ana Cristina da Silva Figueiredo,
José Gonçalves Barroso
Affiliations
Milene Aparecida Andrade
Department of Chemistry, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Maria das Graças Cardoso
Department of Chemistry, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Juliana de Andrade
Department of Chemistry, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Lucilene Fernandes Silva
Department of Chemistry, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Maria Luisa Teixeira
Department of Chemistry, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Juliana Maria Valério Resende
Department of Food Science, University of Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-000, Brazil
Ana Cristina da Silva Figueiredo
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, DBV, Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal, C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
José Gonçalves Barroso
Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa, DBV, Instituto de Biotecnologia e Bioengenharia, Centro de Biotecnologia Vegetal, C2, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
The objectives of this study were to chemically characterize and evaluate the antioxidant activity of essential oils Cinnamodendron dinisii Schwacke (pepper) and Siparuna guianensis Aublet (negramina). The essential oil was isolated by hydrodistillation using a Clevenger modified apparatus, and the identification and quantification of constituents, through GC/MS and GC-FID analysis. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using β-carotene/linoleic acid system and the DPPH radical sequestering method. In chromatographic analysis, the majority constituents found in the essential oil of C. dinisii were bicyclic monoterpenes, α-pinene (35.41%), β-pinene (17.81%), sabinene (12.01%) and sesquiterpene bicyclogermacrene (7.59%). In the essential oil of the fresh leaves of Siparuna guianensis Aublet, acyclic monoterpene, β-myrcene (13.14%), and sesquiterpenes, germacrene-D (8.68%) and bicyclogermacrene (16.71%) were identified. The antioxidant activity was low by the β-carotene/linoleic acid test and was not evidenced by the DPPH test, for both oils evaluated.
