Composition and Some Biological Activities of the Essential Oil of Callicarpa americana (L.)
- 24 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 48 (7), 3008-3012
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf991026g
Abstract
The essential oil profile of Callicarpa americana was examined. Samples were collected from Lafayette county in north central Mississippi, and GC-MS data and retention indices were used to identify 67 oil components. Humulene epoxide II (13.9%), α-humulene (10.0%), 7-epi-α-eudesmol (9.4%), β-pinene (8.8%), and 1-octen-3-ol (8.5%) were the major components of the steam-distilled oil. The oil was selectively toxic toward the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria perornata compared to Oscillatoria agardhii and the green alga Selenastrum capricornutum, with complete growth inhibition at 28.5 μg/mL. The oil was only mildly phytotoxic and antifungal. Keywords: Callicarpa americana; essential oil composition; fungi; algae; plant; bioactivityThis publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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