Claim · model-written summary
Methyl farnesoate was a major constituent of the leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga (7.40 %).
- Taxon
- Eugenia pitanga
Eugenia pitangae0 - Outcome
- (2E,6E) methyl farnesoatee2
- Value
- 7.40 %e2
- Qualifier
- as the major constituentse2
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Verbatim
e0“Eugenia pitanga (O.Berg) Nied., Myrtaceae”
e2“with spathulenol (15.34 %), globulol (10.93 %) and (2E,6E) methyl farnesoate (7.40 %) as the major constituents”
Title
Carla Kauffmann; Eduardo Miranda Ethur; Kelen Arossi; et al. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants 2017. doi:10.1080/0972060x.2017.1281767
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation The leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga comprised 57 components.
- Observation The leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga was rich in oxygenated sesquiterpenes (72.97 %).
- Observation Spathulenol was a major constituent of the leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga (15.34 %).
- Observation Globulol was a major constituent of the leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga (10.93 %).
- Observation The leaf essential oil of Eugenia pitanga was effective against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes with an IC50 of 6.10 ± 1.80 μg/mL.