Abstract
Poiretia bahiana known as arrudinha, arruda da serra or arruda brava, has its occurrence restricted to the rock fields (campo rupestre) areas in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, northeastern region of Brazil. Its aerial parts present a pungent smell and have been used by local communities as fumigant for the control of infestation of fleas and in the treatment of hemorrhoids, articulations pain and sinusitis. This work reports the composition of the volatile oils from aerial parts of five specimens and of the essential oil from the fruits of one specimen of Poiretia bahiana that were harvested in four different places of Chapada Diamantina. Twenty nine components were identified from the oils analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Umbellulone, in concentrations between 55.0% and 75.3% and sabinene, in concentrations between 10.3% and 25.2% are the major components. The oil from the aerial parts of one specimen and the oil of fruits of another specimen had their antimicrobial properties evaluated against six bacteria, two yeasts and five filamentous fungi by the agar diffusion method and microdilution assay. The in vitro results demonstrated that these essential oils exhibit antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Salmonella choleraesuis, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cladosporium herbarum, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton rubrum and are inactive against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus fumigatus and Penicillium notatum. The oil obtained from the aerial parts of one specimen displayed moderate toxicity against Artemia salina with a LC50 value of 459.03 mg mL-1.
Highlights
The genus Poiretia comprises 12 species that are widespread in the tropical and subtropical America from México and Antilhas to Argentina.[1]
Twenty-nine compounds were identified in the essential oils from aerial parts and fruits of P. bahiana (Table 1)
Umbellulone is the major constituent in the essential oils from the aerial parts of all specimens of P. bahiana with flowers or without flowers, with a mean concentration of 60.6%
Summary
The genus Poiretia comprises 12 species that are widespread in the tropical and subtropical America from México and Antilhas to Argentina.[1]. The aerial parts of three specimens of P. bahiana were collected in July 2004 in Morro do Pai Inácio (MPIFl), Mucugê (MFl) and Chapadinha (CFl) when the plants were flowering. The essential oils were tested pure and at dilutions ranging from 8% (72.5 mg mL-1) to 0.25% (2.3 mg mL-1) for agar diffusion method and for the determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration by microdilution assays.
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