Chemical fingerprinting and bioactivity of Amazonian Ecuador Croton lechleri Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark essential oil: A new functional food ingredient?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10540526	Food Chemistry	2011	12 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Chemistry and bioactivities of C. lechleri bark essential oil have been investigated. âº Combined GC, GCMS and NMR showed sesquiterpenes as the most abundant compounds. âº TLC-bioautography evidenced calacorenes and sesquicineole as the most bioactive. âº Antimutagenic properties of the whole essential oil were particularly relevant. âº The data suggest possible uses of C. lechleri bark essential oil as food ingredient.

Keywords

Croton lechleri Anti-mutagenic activity GC–MS NMR Cytotoxicity Essential oil Antioxidant activity Antimicrobial activity Mutagenic activity

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Chemistry Analytical Chemistry

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Chemical fingerprinting and bioactivity of Amazonian Ecuador Croton lechleri Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) stem bark essential oil: A new functional food ingredient?

Authors

Damiano Rossi, Alessandra Guerrini, Silvia Maietti, Renato Bruni, Guglielmo Paganetto, Ferruccio Poli, Laura Scalvenzi, Matteo Radice, Katia Saro, Gianni Sacchetti,