Water Deficit and Seasonality Study on Essential Oil Constituents of Lippia gracilis Schauer Germplasm

The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia gracilis genotypes, in the dry and rainy seasons, and with and without irrigation. The extraction of essential oil was realized by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger apparatus. The chemical composi...

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Autores principales: Cruz, Elizangela Mércia de Oliveira, Pinto, Jéssika Andreza Oliveira, Fontes, Saymo Santos, Arrigoni-Blank, Maria de Fátima, Bacci, Leandro, de Jesus, Hugo César Ramos, Santos, Darlisson de Alexandria, Alves, Péricles Barreto, Blank, Arie Fitzgerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4180889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25302321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/314626
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Sumario:The aim of this study was to analyze the chemical composition of the essential oil from leaves of Lippia gracilis genotypes, in the dry and rainy seasons, and with and without irrigation. The extraction of essential oil was realized by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger apparatus. The chemical composition analysis was performed using a GC-MS/FID. The leaves of the L. gracilis genotypes provide essential oil with content between 1.25% and 1.92% in the rainy season and 1.42% and 2.70% in the dry season; when irrigation was used the content was between 1.42% and 2.87%, without irrigation contents were between 1.60% and 3.00%. The chemical composition of L. gracilis showed high levels of terpenes. The major constituent of genotypes LGRA-106 was thymol and carvacrol was the major constituent for the other genotypes. Concentrations showed little variation between seasons, demonstrating the stability of the chemical composition of L. gracilis even with different climatic conditions.

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