Variability in the Chemical Composition of Myrcia sylvatica (G. Mey) DC. Essential Oils Growing in the Brazilian Amazon.
Molecules
; 27(24)2022 Dec 16.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36558108
ABSTRACT
Myrcia sylvatica (G. Mey) DC. is known as "insulin plant" because local communities use the infusions of various organs empirically to treat diabetes. The leaves of seven specimens of Myrcia sylvatica (Msy-01 to Msy-07) were collected in the Brazilian Amazon. Furthermore, the essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, and their chemical compositions were submitted to multivariate analysis (Principal Component Analysis and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis). The multivariate analysis displayed the formation of four chemical profiles (chemotypes), described for the first time as follows chemotype I (specimen Msy-01) was characterized by germacrene B (24.5%), γ-elemene (12.5%), and ß-caryophyllene (10.0%); chemotype II (specimens Msy-03, -06 and -07) by spathulenol (11.1-16.0%), germacrene B (7.8-20.7%), and γ-elemene (2.9-7.6%); chemotype III (Msy-04 and -05) by spathulenol (9.8-10.1%), ß-caryophyllene (2.5-10.1%), and δ-cadinene (4.8-5.6%); and chemotype IV, (Msy-02) by spathulenol (13.4%), caryophyllene oxide (15.0%), and α-cadinol (8.9%). There is a chemical variability in the essential oils of Myrcia sylvatica occurring in the Amazon region.
Palavras-chave
Texto completo:
1
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Óleos Voláteis
/
Myrtaceae
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
/
Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Molecules
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil