2013, Vol. 1 Issue 2, Part A
Chemical composition of the leaf essential oil of Clibadium leiocarpum from Monteverde, Costa Rica
AUTHOR(S): Victoria D. Washington, Brittany R. Agius, Maria C. Palazzo, William A. Haber, William N. Setzer
ABSTRACT:The leaf essential oil of Clibadium leiocarpum from Monteverde, Costa Rica, has been obtained by hydrodistillation and the chemical composition determined by GC-MS. The major components in the leaf oil were germacrene D (21.1%), sabinene (16.0%), germacra-4(15), 5, 10(14)-trien-1a-ol (11.9%), (E)-caryophyllene (9.2%), and β-phellandrene (7.3%). The leaf oil showed slight in-vitro cytotoxic activity against MDA-MB-231 human breast tumor cells and slight antibacterial activity against Bacillus cereus.
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Victoria D. Washington, Brittany R. Agius, Maria C. Palazzo, William A. Haber, William N. Setzer. Chemical composition of the leaf essential oil of Clibadium leiocarpum from Monteverde, Costa Rica. Am J Essent Oil Nat Prod 2013;1(2):43-45.
