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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THE FRESH FRUITS OF XYLOPIA LAEVIGATA AND ITS CYTOTOXIC EVALUATION
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Amazonas Federal University. Department of Chemistry. Manaus, AM, Brazil
Sergipe Federal University. Department of Chemistry. São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Hospital São Rafael. Centro de Biotecnologia e Terapia Celular. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Sergipe Federal University. Department of Chemistry. São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Hospital São Rafael. Centro de Biotecnologia e Terapia Celular. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil
Abstract
The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the fresh fruits of Xylopia laevigata was analyzed by gas chromatography using a flame ionization detector
(GCFID) coupled to a mass spectrometer (GCMS). Monoterpenes predominated, forming 95.0% of the total essential oil. The major constituents identified
were limonene (56.2%), -pinene (28.0%), and -pinene (5.5%). Cytotoxic activity against tumor cell lines and non-tumor cells was also investigated;
however, neither the essential oil nor its major constituents evaluated presented any cytotoxic activity (IC50 > 25.0 g mL-1).
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