Composition and antifungal activity of essential oils from Piper aduncum, Piper arboreum and Piper tuberculatum
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Soc Brasileira Quimica
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The composition of essential oils from leaves, stems and fruits of Piper aduncum, P arboreum and P. tuberculatum was examined by means of GC-MS and alltifungal assay. There was a predominance of monoterpenes in P aduncum and P tuberculatum and of sesquiterpenes in P arboreum. P aduncum showed the richest essential oil composition, including linalool. The essential oils from fruits of P. aduncum and R tuberculatum showed the highest antifungal activity with the MIC of 10 mu g as determined against Cladosporium cladosponoides and C. sphaerospermum, respectively. This is the first report of the composition of essential oils from P. tuberculatum.
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Piper, essential oil composition, antifungal activity
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English
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Quimica Nova. São Paulo: Soc Brasileira Quimica, v. 29, n. 3, p. 467-470, 2006.
