Research Article
Ygor Jessé Ramos1,2*, Irene
Candido Fonseca1,
George Azevedo Queiroz1, Daniel de Brito Machado1,2, Claudete da Costa-Oliveira1, Jéssica Regina
Sales Felisberto1, Elsie Franklin Guimarães1 and Davyson de Lima Moreira1,2*
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of the
essential oil extracted from the leaves of the species Piper
robustipedunculum Yunck. The essential oil was obtained through hydrodistillation
and analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS. The results showed that 93.88% of the
total composition was composed of 24 compounds. The essential oil was light
yellow in color, with a yield of 0.68%, and was rich in sesquiterpenes,
including both oxygenated (37.09%), such as E-nerolidol (13.60%), and
non-oxygenated sesquiterpenes (45.06%), such as δ-cadinene (10.72%), α-copaene
(9.85%), and valencene (8.34%) as the major components. This essential oil has
the potential for industrial and pharmaceutical applications, and can aid in
future research in ecology, chemotaxonomy, and chemophenetics related to the
Piperaceae species.
Abstract Keywords
Aromatic plant, chemophenetic, Piperaceae, E-nerolidol, hydro-distillation, sesquiterpenes
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of the essential oil extracted from the leaves of the species Piper robustipedunculum Yunck. The essential oil was obtained through hydrodistillation and analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS. The results showed that 93.88% of the total composition was composed of 24 compounds. The essential oil was light yellow in color, with a yield of 0.68%, and was rich in sesquiterpenes, including both oxygenated (37.09%), such as E-nerolidol (13.60%), and non-oxygenated sesquiterpenes (45.06%), such as δ-cadinene (10.72%), α-copaene (9.85%), and valencene (8.34%) as the major components. This essential oil has the potential for industrial and pharmaceutical applications, and can aid in future research in ecology, chemotaxonomy, and chemophenetics related to the Piperaceae species.
Keywords
Aromatic plant, chemophenetic, Piperaceae, E-nerolidol, hydro-distillation, sesquiterpenes
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of the
essential oil extracted from the leaves of the species Piper
robustipedunculum Yunck. The essential oil was obtained through hydrodistillation
and analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS. The results showed that 93.88% of the
total composition was composed of 24 compounds. The essential oil was light
yellow in color, with a yield of 0.68%, and was rich in sesquiterpenes,
including both oxygenated (37.09%), such as E-nerolidol (13.60%), and
non-oxygenated sesquiterpenes (45.06%), such as δ-cadinene (10.72%), α-copaene
(9.85%), and valencene (8.34%) as the major components. This essential oil has
the potential for industrial and pharmaceutical applications, and can aid in
future research in ecology, chemotaxonomy, and chemophenetics related to the
Piperaceae species.
Abstract Keywords
Aromatic plant, chemophenetic, Piperaceae, E-nerolidol, hydro-distillation, sesquiterpenes
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