Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Essential Oils from Verbenaceae Species Growing in South America
| Autor: | María Beatriz Nuñez, Carola Analía Torres, Cristina Marisel Pérez Zamora |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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volatile constituents
Phytochemicals AROMATIC PLANTS purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7 [https] Pharmaceutical Science Lantana antibacterial synergism ANTIBACTERIAL SYNERGISM Microbial Sensitivity Tests Review 01 natural sciences Analytical Chemistry purl.org/becyt/ford/1 [https] lcsh:QD241-441 chemistry.chemical_compound chemotypes Anti-Infective Agents lcsh:Organic chemistry Drug Discovery Verbenaceae Oils Volatile Physical and Theoretical Chemistry VOLATILE CONSTITUENTS Lippia Carvone Chemotype biology Aloysia Carminative Traditional medicine Bacteria 010405 organic chemistry Plant Extracts Otras Ciencias Naturales y Exactas Organic Chemistry aromatic plants Drug Synergism Antimicrobial biology.organism_classification 0104 chemical sciences 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry chemistry Chemistry (miscellaneous) Molecular Medicine CHEMOTYPES CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS |
| Zdroj: | Molecules, Vol 23, Iss 3, p 544 (2018) Molecules : A Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry CONICET Digital (CONICET) Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas instacron:CONICET |
| ISSN: | 1420-3049 |
| Popis: | The Verbenaceae family includes 2600 species grouped into 100 genera with a pantropical distribution. Many of them are important elements of the floras of warm-temperature and tropical regions of America. This family is known in folk medicine, and its species are used as digestive, carminative, antipyretic, antitussive, antiseptic, and healing agents. This review aims to collect information about the essential oils from the most reported species of the Verbenaceae family growing in South America, focusing on their chemical composition, antimicrobial activity, and synergism with commercial antimicrobials. The information gathered comprises the last twenty years of research within the South American region and is summarized taking into consideration the most representative species in terms of their essential oils. These species belong to Aloysia, Lantana, Lippia, Phyla, and Stachytarpheta genera, and the main essential oils they contain are monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, such as β-caryophyllene, thymol, citral, 1,8-cineole, carvone, and limonene. These compounds have been found to possess antimicrobial activities. The synergism of these essential oils with antibiotics is being studied by several research groups. It constitutes a resource of interest for the potential use of combinations of essential oils and antibiotics in infection treatments. Fil: Pérez Zamora, Cristina Marisel. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina Fil: Torres, Carola Analía. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina Fil: Nuñez, María Beatriz. Universidad Nacional del Chaco Austral; Argentina |
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