The Metabolomic Profile of the Essential Oil from Zanthoxylum caribaeum (syn. chiloperone ) Growing in Guadeloupe FWI using GC × GC-TOFMS

• Published in: Metabolites Vol. 12; no. 12; p. 1293
• Main Authors: Farouil, Lea, Dias, Ryan P, Popotte-Julisson, Gianni, Bibian, Garrick, Adou, Ahissan Innocent, de la Mata, A Paulina, Sylvestre, Muriel, Harynuk, James J, Cebrián-Torrejón, Gerardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 19.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: antimetabolites; Automation; Caryophyllene; Chemical Sciences; Chromatography; essential oil; Essential oils; Gas chromatography; GC × GC-TOFMS; Humulene; Leaves; Libraries; Limonene; Mass spectroscopy; Metabolic disorders; Metabolomics; Myrcene; Oils & fats; Rutaceae; Software; Spathulenol; Tropical diseases; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; Zanthoxylum caribaeum; Zanthoxylum caribaeum (syn. chiloperone); Brazil; Paraguay; United States > US; Guadeloupe; Costa Rica; antimetabolites; essential oil; metabolomics; GC × GC-TOFMS; Zanthoxylum caribaeum (syn. chiloperone); Rutaceae
• ISSN: 2218-1989; 2218-1989
• DOI: 10.3390/metabo12121293

The essential oil (EO) from the leaves of (syn. ) (Rutaceae) was studied previously for its acaricidal, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and insecticidal properties. In prior studies, the most abundant compound class found in leaf oils from Brazil, Costa Rica, and Paraguay was terpenoids. Herein, essential oil from the leaves of (prickly yellow, bois chandelle blanc (FWI), peñas Blancas (Costa Rica), and tembetary hu (Paraguay)) growing in Guadeloupe was analyzed with comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-TOFMS), and thirty molecules were identified. A comparison with previously published leaf EO compositions of the same species growing in Brazil, Costa Rica, and Paraguay revealed a number of molecules in common such as β-myrcene, limonene, β-caryophyllene, α-humulene, and spathulenol. Some molecules identified in from Guadeloupe showed some antimetabolic effects on enzymes; the in-depth study of this plant and its essential oil with regard to metabolic diseases merits further exploration.