Evaluation of seasonal changes in chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Elyonurus muticus (sprengel) O. Kuntze (Gramineae)



Document title: Evaluation of seasonal changes in chemical composition and antibacterial activity of Elyonurus muticus (sprengel) O. Kuntze (Gramineae)
Journal: Quimica nova
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000313386
ISSN: 0100-4042
Authors: 1







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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Departamento de Hidraulica e Transportes, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Brasil
2Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria do Pantanal, Corumba, Mato Grosso do Sul. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil
4Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Quimica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Abr
Volumen: 30
Number: 2
Pages: 370-373
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract Aerial parts of Elyonurus muticus were collected in the four seasons of the year in the Brazilian Pantanal and subjected to extractrion with cold ethanol and to hydrodistillation. Sesquiterpenoids (E)-caryophyllene, bicyclogermacrene, spathulenol and caryophyllene oxide were the main components identified in the essential oils and their concentrations varied according to the plant collection period. The essential oils and the ethanolic crude extracts were active against Bacillus cereus MIP 96016, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and were not active against Escherichia coli ATCC 25922. The antibacterial activities varied according to the plant collection period
Disciplines: Química,
Biología
Keyword: Fitoquímica,
Aceites esenciales,
Sesquiterpenoides,
Actividad antibacteriana,
Variación estacional,
Elyonurus muticus,
Gramíneas
Keyword: Chemistry,
Biology,
Phytochemistry,
Essential oils,
Sesquiterpenoids,
Antibacterial activity,
Seasonal variation,
Elyonurus muticus,
Gramineae
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