Chemical investigations of male and female leaf extracts from Schinus molle L. Issue 13 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garzoli, Stefania; Laghezza Masci, Valentina; Turchetti, Giovanni; Pesci, Lorenzo; Tiezzi, Antonio; Ovidi, Elisa
• Is Part Of: Natural product research. Volume 33:Issue 13(2019)
• Page Start: 1980
• Page End: 1983
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Schinus molle L. -- extracts -- GC/MS -- elemol; Natural products -- Periodicals; Natural products -- Research -- Periodicals; Biological Factors -- Periodicals; Biological Products -- Periodicals; 547
• DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2018.1480624
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1478-6419

Abstract

Abstract: The pepper-tree Schinus molle is an evergreen ornamental plant with various and diversified list of medical uses. In this article we analysed the chemical composition of male and female leaves of this plant during the off-flowering and flowering seasons. The leaf extracts were obtained by using a sequential extraction with solvents of different polarities and the chemical composition was investigated by GC-MS. The results showed a total of twenty-three components, in which elemol is the most abundant constituent followed by bicyclogermacrene, γ-eudesmol, α-eudesmol, β-eudesmol and isocalamendiol . The petroleum ether and diethyl ether extracts from male and female flowering and off-flowering leaves consisted of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons as a major constituent followed by monoterpene hydrocarbons, while the acetone extracts showed a different composition. The obtained results show differences in the chemical composition between male and female and flowering and not flowering. Abstract :