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Dos Santos FR, da Fonseca Rezende SR, Dos Santos LV, da Silva ERMN, Silva Caiado M, Alves de Souza MA, Guedes Pontes E, de Carvalho MG, Braz Filho R, Castro RN. Larvicidal and Fungicidal Activity of the Leaf Essential Oil of Five Myrtaceae Species. Chem Biodivers 2023; 20:e202300823. [PMID: 37917799 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.202300823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
Abstract
Myrtaceae is one of the most diverse and abundant botanical families, exhibiting wide diversity in the chemical composition of essential oils (EOs). EOs have various biotechnological applications such as controlling the populations of organisms that negatively impact humans. This study aimed to extract EOs from Myrtaceae species, chemically characterize them, and evaluate their larvicidal and fungicidal effects. EOs were extracted from the leaves of Eugenia brasiliensis, Eugenia uniflora, Psidium cattleyanum, Psidium guajava, and Syzygium cumini by hydrodistillation for 3 h and characterized by chromatographic analysis. Larvaes of Aedes aegypti and colonies of Fusarium oxysporum were subjected to increasing EO concentrations to determine the larvicidal and fungicidal potential. The EOs of Eugenia and Psidium species are primarily composed of sesquiterpenes (>80 %), whereas S. cumini EO is rich in monoterpenes (more than 60 %). The Eugenia species had similar amounts of oxygenated monoterpenes, which may explain their higher larvicidal potential compared to other species, with CL50 of 86.68 and 147.46 PPM, respectively. In addition to these two study species, S. cumini showed a high inhibition of fungal growth, with more than 65 % inhibition. We demonstrated that the actions of five EOs from Myrtaceae with different biological activities are associated with chemical diversity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Frances Regiane Dos Santos
- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Departamento de Química Orgânica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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dos Santos Cavalcanti A, de Souza Alves M, da Silva LCP, dos Santos Patrocínio D, Sanches MN, Chaves DSDA, de Souza MAA. Volatiles composition and extraction kinetics from Schinus terebinthifolius and Schinus molle leaves and fruit. Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zampirolli LS, Lemos MJD, Gonçalves VT, Souza MAAD, Souza SRD, Rumjanek VM, DaCosta JBN. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF A NEW CLASS OF DIALKYLPHOSPHORYLHYDRAZONE DERIVATIVES OF ISATIN. QUIM NOVA 2014. [DOI: 10.5935/0100-4042.20140162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Souza MAAD, Silva ARD, Ferreira MA, Lemos MJD, Ramos RG, Ferreira ABB, Souza SRD. Atividade biológica do lapachol e de alguns derivados sobre o desenvolvimento fúngico e em germinação de sementes. QUIM NOVA 2008. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-40422008000700013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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