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Composition and Biological Properties of the Volatile Oil of Artemisia gorgonum Webb
Author(s) -
Ortet Risoleta,
Thomas Olivier P.,
Regalado Erik L.,
Pino Jorge A.,
Filippi JeanJacques,
Fernández Miguel D.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.200900111
Subject(s) - camphene , chemistry , camphor , tbars , dpph , cape verde , essential oil , composition (language) , food science , thiobarbituric acid , terpene , scavenging , gas chromatography–mass spectrometry , chemical composition , organic chemistry , traditional medicine , antioxidant , botany , lipid peroxidation , chromatography , biology , mass spectrometry , medicine , linguistics , ethnology , philosophy , history
The chemical composition of Artemisia gorgonum Webb essential oil from Cape Verde was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. A total of 111 volatile compounds, accounting for 94.9% of the essential oil, were identified by GC and GC/MS. The major compounds were camphor (28.7%), chrysanthenone (10.8%), lavandulyl 2‐methylbutanoate (9.5%), α ‐phellandrene (5.5%), lavandulyl propanoate (4.2%), camphene (4.0%), and p ‐cymene (3.4%). The volatile oil of this endemic plant, which is used in Cape Verdean folk medicine against several ailments, was tested for its antioxidant and antimalarial properties, and was found to exhibit free‐radical scavenging on 1,1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), prevention of lipid peroxidation– in vitro by TBARS (thiobarbituric acid reactive species) assay, and antiplasmodial activity.