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  • Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Tabernaemontana catharinensis A. DC. leaves.

Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Tabernaemontana catharinensis A. DC. leaves.

Natural product research (2012-01-26)
Aline Augusti Boligon, Thiago Guilherme Schwanz, Mariana Piana, Rose Vanessa Bandeira, Janaína Kieling Frohlich, Thiele Faccim de Brum, Marina Zadra, Margareth Linde Athayde
ABSTRACT

The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Tabernaemontana catharinensis had their composition analysed by GC-MS. A total of 18 substances were identified, consisting of a complex mixture of sesquiterpenes (83.52%), monoterpenes (5.46%) and triterpenes (4.56%). The main components in the oil were β-caryophyllene (56.87%), α-cadinol (12.52%), 8S,13-cedran-diol (5.41%), α-terpineol (3.99%), β-eudesmol (2.54%), caryophyllene oxide (2.51%) and ethyl iso-allocholate (2.03%) along with β-cubebene, γ-cadinene, cubenol, 1,8-cineol, o-cymene, curcumenol, spathulenol, friedeline and β-sitosterol as minor constituents. An antioxidant property was tested with the oil obtained by means of 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay; the oil presented interesting radical scavenging activity. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of the composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from the T. catharinensis collected from Brazil.

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Brand
Product Description

Supelco
(+)-α-Terpineol, analytical standard
Sigma-Aldrich
β-Eudesmol, ≥90% (GC)
Sigma-Aldrich
α-Terpineol, 90%, technical grade
Sigma-Aldrich
(−)−α-Terpineol, natural, ≥96%, FCC, FG
Sigma-Aldrich
Terpineol, mixture of isomers, 96%, FG