Claim · model-written summary
Beta-caryophyllene (15.1%) was a major constituent of the young-leaf essential oil.
- Taxon
- Protium heptaphyllum
Protium heptaphyllumt0 - Organ / stage
- fresh youngt0
- Outcome
- major constituentse2
- Value
- 15.1%e2
- Qualifier
- β-Caryophyllenee2
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Verbatim
t0“Protium heptaphyllum fresh young and adult leaves”
e2“β-Caryophyllene (15.1%), α-amorphene (9.4%) and α-copaene (8.1%) were the major constituents identified in the PY-EO”
Title
Rodrigo Sebastião Cruvinel Cabral; Cassia Cristina Fernandes; Alline Laiane Borges Dias; et al. Journal of Essential Oil Research 2021. doi:10.1080/10412905.2020.1848651
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Young-leaf essential oil of Protium heptaphyllum had an IC50 of 9.02 against L. amazonensis promastigotes.
- Observation Adult-leaf essential oil of Protium heptaphyllum had an IC50 of 28.88 against L. amazonensis promastigotes.
- Observation Alpha-amorphene (9.4%) was a major constituent of the young-leaf essential oil.
- Observation Alpha-copaene (8.1%) was a major constituent of the young-leaf essential oil.
- Observation Beta-caryophyllene (15.0%) was identified at high concentration in the adult-leaf essential oil.
- Observation Alpha-amorphene (9.1%) was identified at high concentration in the adult-leaf essential oil.
- Observation Alpha-copaene (8.0%) was identified at high concentration in the adult-leaf essential oil.
- Observation Both leaf essential oils showed moderate toxicity to Artemia salina.