Unveiling the volatile chemical variations of Annona essential oils and its associated pharmacological activities
Abstract
The use of plant derived essential oils as a major therapeutic agent to treat various diseases has gained great momentum recently. According to the available literature data essential oils have proven to be a potential alternative to synthetic drugs especially because of their antimicrobial properties against various pathogenic microorganisms. These volatile oils are extracted from leaves, bark, stem, fruits, flowers of the plants by different distillation methods. Annona genus represents a large number of essential oil-bearing plants and literature analysis reveals that these oils have promising pharmacological activities too. Chemical fingerprinting of these essential oils indicates the presence of monoterpenes, sesquitepenes and oxygenated sesquitepenes as the prominent classes of compounds. Major essential oil constituents identified are bicyclogermacrene, germacrene D, α-pinene, β-pinene, (E)-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, spathulenol, linalool etc. Geographical variations may alter other components in essential oils that seems to be more specific to a particular Annona plant. This article will give an overview of potential plants from Annona genus, their essential oil composition and pharmacological activities.
- Publication:
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Journal of Molecular Structure
- Pub Date:
- November 2023
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136082
- Bibcode:
- 2023JMoSt129236082J
- Keywords:
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- Essential oils;
- Synthetic drugs;
- Antimicrobial properties;
- Pathogenic microorganisms;
- Annona;
- Pharmacological activities