Essential Oil Composition of Three Peperomia Species from the Amazon, Brazil

The essential oils of three species of Peperomia from the Amazon, Brazil, were hydrodistilled and their 96 volatile constituents identified by GC and GC-MS. The main constituents found in the oil of P. macrostachya were epi-α-bisabolol (15.9%), caryophyllene oxide (12.9%), myristicin (7.6%), an arom...

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Published inNatural product communications Vol. 4; no. 3; p. 427
Main Authors de Lira, Patrícia Natália B., da Silva, Joyce Kelly R., Andrade, Eloisa Helena A., Sousa, Pergentino José C., Silva, Nayla N. S., Maia, José Guilherme S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2009
Subjects
Animals
Artemia - drug effects
Biological Assay
Brazil
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Oils, Volatile - analysis
Oils, Volatile - isolation & purification
Oils, Volatile - toxicity
Peperomia - chemistry
Toxicity Tests
Brazil
dillapiole
decanal
dihydro-β-santalol
essential oil composition
P. rotundifolia
epi-α-bisabolol
Piperaceae
P. pellucida
caryophyllene oxide
Peperomia macrostachya
cytotoxicity
(E)-caryophyllene
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Summary:The essential oils of three species of Peperomia from the Amazon, Brazil, were hydrodistilled and their 96 volatile constituents identified by GC and GC-MS. The main constituents found in the oil of P. macrostachya were epi-α-bisabolol (15.9%), caryophyllene oxide (12.9%), myristicin (7.6%), an aromatic compound (6.6%) and limonene (5.4%). The oil of P. pellucida was dominated by dillapiole (55.3%), (E)-caryophyllene (14.3%) and carotol (8.1%). The major volatile found in the oil of P. rotundifolia was decanal (43.3%), probably a fatty acid-derived compound, followed by dihydro-β-santalol (9.0%), (E)-nerolidol (7.9%) and limonene (7.7%). The aromatic compounds elemicin, myristicin, apiole, dillapiole and safrole identified in these Peperomia species has been found also in Amazon Piper species. The oils and methanol extracts showed high brine shrimp larvicidal activities. The oil of P. rotundifolia (LC50 = 1.9 ± 0.1 μg/mL) was the more toxic, followed by the extract of P. pellucida (LC50 = 2.4 ± 0.5 μg/mL) and the oil of P. macrostachya (LC50 = 9.0 ± 0.4 μg/mL), therefore with important biological properties.
ISSN:1934-578X
1555-9475
DOI:10.1177/1934578X0900400323