Chemical composition and biological activities of the essential oil of Skimmia laureola leaves

Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry
BarkatullahVincenzo De Feo

Abstract

The composition of the essential oil from leaves of Skimmia laureola was determined by GC and GC-MS. Twenty-eight components were identified, accounting for 93.9% of the total oil. The oil is mainly composed of monoterpenes (93.5%), of which monoterpene hydrocarbons and oxygenated monoterpenes represent 11.0% and 82.5%, respectively. Sesquiterpenes constitute only 0.3% of the total oil. Linalyl acetate is the main component (50.5%), with linalool (13.1%), geranyl acetate (8.5%) and cis-p-menth-2-en-1-ol (6.2%) as other principal constituents. The essential oil showed a significant antispasmodic activity, in a dose range of 0.03-10 mg/mL. The essential oil also possesses antibacterial and antifungal activities against some pathogenic strains. The phytotoxic and cytotoxic activities were also assessed.

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Aug 17, 2019·Molecules : a Journal of Synthetic Chemistry and Natural Product Chemistry·Antonella SmeriglioLucia Caputo

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