Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0412
ISSN: 2167-0412
Aline Augusti Boligon
Build 26, room 1115, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900
Brazil
Research Article
Essential Oil Composition, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Guazuma Ulmifolia from Brazil
Author(s): Aline Augusti Boligon, Andriéli Cassel Feltrin, Amanda Leitão Gindri and Margareth Linde AthaydeAline Augusti Boligon, Andriéli Cassel Feltrin, Amanda Leitão Gindri and Margareth Linde Athayde
In this study, the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities and essential oil composition of Guazuma ulmifolia were investigated. The essential oil extracted by hydrodistillation (Clevenger apparatus) was investigated by GC-MS technique and thirty-one compounds were identified, consisting of a complex mixture of sesquiterpenes and monoterpenes. The main components in the oil were thymol (20.97%), carvacrol (13.76%), eugenol (10.13%), spathulenol (7.09%), β-caryophyllene (6.74%), sabinene (5.18%), globulol (5.56%), γ-terpinene (3.27) and α-copaene (3.17%). The antioxidant property of the oil was assessed by free radical scavenging (DPPH) assay. G. ulmifolia essential oil presented interesting radical scavenging activity (IC50=7.61 ± 0.09 μg/mL). The antibacterial activity of the oils also was tested by broth dilution method against 12 microorganisms. Essentia.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-0412.1000126