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Chemical Constituents, Enantiomer Content, Antioxidant and Anticholinesterase Activities of Valeriana microphylla Kunth Essential Oil.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Aguilar, Gabriela Calva, James Cartuche, Luis Salinas, Melissa Armijos, Chabaco |
| Editor | Palá-Pául, Jésus Brophy, Joe |
| Copyright Year | 2023 |
| Abstract | The study of the essential oil (EO) from aerial parts (stems and leaves) of Valeriana microphylla Kunth (Valerianaceae), collected from the Saraguro community in the southern region of Ecuador, was analyzed for the first time. A total of 62 compounds were identified in V. microphylla EO by GC-FID and GC-MS on nonpolar DB-5ms and polar HP-INNOWax columns. The most abundant components (>5%) detected on DB-5ms and polar HP-INNOWax columns were α-gurjunene (11.98, 12.74%), germacrene D (11.47, 14.93%), E-caryophyllene (7.05, 7.78%), and α-copaene (6.76, 6.91%), respectively. In addition, the enantioselective analysis, carried out on a chiral column, showed (+)-α-pinene and (R)-(+)-germacrene as enantiomerically pure compounds (enantiomeric excess = 100%). The antioxidant activity was high for the radicals ABTS (SC50 = 41.82 µg/mL) and DPPH (SC50 = 89.60 µg/mL), and finally, the EO was shown to be inactive to the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), as both values were >250 µg/mL. |
| Journal | Plants (Basel, Switzerland) |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC10255249 |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| PubMed reference number | 37299143 |
| e-ISSN | 22237747 |
| DOI | 10.3390/plants12112155 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2023-05-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). © 2023 by the authors. |
| Subject Keyword | Valeriana microphylla essential oil AChE BuChE antioxidant activity |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Plant Science Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |