Química Nova (Jan 2013)

Atividades biológicas dos óleos essenciais de Endlicheria citriodora, uma lauraceae rica em geranato de metila

  • Klenicy K. L. Yamaguchi,
  • Valdir F. Veiga-Junior,
  • Tatiana do Nascimento Pedrosa,
  • Marne Carvalho de Vasconcellos,
  • Emerson Silva Lima

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-40422013000600015
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 36, no. 6
pp. 826 – 830

Abstract

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The essential oils of branches and leaves of Endlicheria citiodora were obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed using GC-FID, GC-MS and both NMR 13C and ¹H, resulting in the identification of methyl geranate as major constituent (93%) in both oils. Cytotoxicity, tyrosinase-inhibition and antioxidant activities were studied and characterized. High antioxidant potential (15.52 and 13.53 µg/mL), low cytotoxicity and tyrosinase inhibition (53.85%) were observed. This is the first paper reporting the biological activities and composition of the essential oils of this species.

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