No presente trabalho foi avaliada a composição química e atividade alelopática do óleo essencial (OE) de folhas de Blepharocalyx salicifolius (Kunth) O. Berg sobre a germinação e crescimento inicial de plântulas de Lactuca sativa L. (dicotiledônea) e de Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (monocotiledônea). O OE foi obtido por meio de hidrodestilação por 3 h. A análise da composição do OE foi feita por cromatografia gasosa acoplada a um espectrômetro de massas (CG-EM). A atividade alelopática do extrativo foi avaliada nas concentrações de 2,5; 5,0 e 7,5%. As sementes foram imersas nas soluções por 2 min e então foram distribuídas em placas de Petri. As placas foram mantidas em câmara incubadora BOD. No sétimo dia, foram avaliadas as variáveis germinação (%) e comprimento de raízes (cm), da parte aérea (cm) e total da plântula (cm). Os constituintes majoritários identificados no OE foram eucaliptol (49,6%), limoneno (13,6%) e β-cariofileno (12,2%). O OE afetou negativamente a porcentagem de germinação das sementes de L. sativa e os parâmetros sistema radicular e plântula total de S. bicolor. A atividade alelopática do OE foi negativa para as duas espécies avaliadas.
Ergosterol is responsible for important functions in the fungal plasma membrane. The influence of fungitoxic agents on membrane ergosterol content is one of the most important mechanisms of antifungal action and its knowledge allows the generation of products that associate active compounds of different mechanisms, consequently improving the effectiveness of wood preservatives. Therefore, this study optimized a method for quantifying ergosterol in wood-decay fungi. The white-rot species selected were Ganoderma applanatum and Trametes versicolor, while the brown-rot were Gloeophyllum trabeum and Lentinus lepideus. Mycelial discs of each species were transferred to Petri dishes containing a cellophane-covered potato-dextrose-agar medium. Mycelia of each fungus were collected, weighed, and transferred to test tubes with 5 mL of 25% alcoholic potassium hydroxide. The tubes were vortexed for 5 min, subjected to ultrasound for 5 min, incubated at 85 °C for 4 h, followed by the addition of 2 mL of sterile distilled water and 5 mL of n-heptane and subsequent ultrasound shaking for 2 min. The n-heptane layer was analyzed by UV spectrophotometry between 230 and 300 ηm. The blank sample only contained n-heptane. The mycelia wet weight of the fungi ranged from 0.061 to 0.296 g. Ergosterol content was 0.007% for Lentinus lepideus and 0.004% for the other species. The absorbance was higher than the ones observed in the blank for all samples. The adapted method was efficient for ergosterol extraction.
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