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Myrtus communis essential oils: insecticidal, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities: a review
- Source :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis, 2019.
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Abstract
- Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) is a wild aromatic plant that laboratorial works have demonstrated the insecticidal, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of myrtle essential oils (EOs). The chemical composition may change according to several factors; nevertheless, it was constant in practically all EOs the presence of 1,8-cineole and α-pinene, as main components (>5%). The biological activities, generally low or moderate depended on the organism (insecticidal) and microorganism and on the chemical composition. Generally, the contribution of the components on the biological activities was not determined; nevertheless, they were generally attributed to the presence of the main components (1,8-cineole, α-pinene, eugenol, methyleugenol, myrtenyl acetate, among other components depending on the property). The antioxidant activity of myrtle oil was predominantly determined in cell-free methods, though very few works also used cell model methods. In all cases, the activities were also low to moderate due to the absence of phenol compounds. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- Leaves
Myrtus communis
Antioxidant
Traditional medicine
010405 organic chemistry
18-cineole
medicine.medical_treatment
Berries
General Chemistry
Biology
Myrtle
Antimicrobial
01 natural sciences
0104 chemical sciences
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
Biological properties
In vitro
Biological property
α-pinene
medicine
Myrtus communis L
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5101a57c4a57cf75fe9222b8ab91a572