Journal of
Medicinal Plants Research

  • Abbreviation: J. Med. Plants Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0875
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMPR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 3840

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Essential oil composition, antifungal activity and leaf anatomy of Lippia alba (Verbenaceae) from Brazilian Chaco

Rosani do Carmo de Oliveira Arruda
  • Rosani do Carmo de Oliveira Arruda
  • Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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Cristiane Pimentel Victorio
  • Cristiane Pimentel Victorio
  • Laboratório de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia Ambiental, Fundação Universidade Estadual da Zona Oeste (UEZO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 23070-200, RJ, Brazil.
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Amanda Galdi Boaretto
  • Amanda Galdi Boaretto
  • Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas (LaPNEM), Faculdade de Farmácia, Alimentos e Nutrição (FACFAN), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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Carlos Alexandre Carollo
  • Carlos Alexandre Carollo
  • Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas (LaPNEM), Faculdade de Farmácia, Alimentos e Nutrição (FACFAN), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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Cariolando da Silva Farias
  • Cariolando da Silva Farias
  • Graduação em Alimentos – Tecnológico.
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Clarice Rossato Marchetti
  • Clarice Rossato Marchetti
  • Laboratório de Bioquímica Geral e de Microrganismos, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
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Ronaldo Jose dos Santo
  • Ronaldo Jose dos Santo
  • Laboratório de Anatomia Vegetal, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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Giovana Cristina Giannesi5
  • Giovana Cristina Giannesi5
  • Laboratório de Bioquímica Geral e de Microrganismos, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Instituto de Biociências (INBIO), Campo Grande, MS, 79070-900, Brazil.
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Denise Brentan Silva
  • Denise Brentan Silva
  • Laboratório de Produtos Naturais e Espectrometria de Massas (LaPNEM), Faculdade de Farmácia, Alimentos e Nutrição (FACFAN), Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), 79070-900, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
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  •  Received: 08 November 2018
  •  Accepted: 10 January 2019
  •  Published: 25 February 2019

Abstract

This study aims to determine the essential oil chemical composition of Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P. Wilson collected in the Brazilian Chaco where plants grow in conditions of high temperatures in the summer, periodic flood, low temperatures and air humidity in the winter. We also evaluate the oil antifungal activity against the animal and plant pathogenic fungi Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, A. terreus, Fusarium sp., Penicillium funiculosum and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Leaf essential oils were extracted by Clevenger hydrodistillation and characterized by GC-MS. The major essential oil components were linalool (38.26%), trans-ocimenone (6.57%) and caryophyllene oxide (6.48%). At first time L. alba from Brazilian Chaco was identified as a chemotype producing linalool. The essential oils showed antifungal activity, mainly against S. slerotiorum, a fungi species related with diseases in soybean plants, with 100% of growth inhibition. These results suggest the potential alternative of this species to synthetic fungicides and confirm its popular uses as an important medicinal plant in South America.

Key words: Brazilian Chaco, erva cidreira, essential oil, pathogenic fungi, glandular trichome, terpenes.

 

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