Characterization of the Chemical Composition of a Byproduct from Siam Benzoin Gum

Castel, Cécilia; Fernández, Xavier; Lizzani‐Cuvelier, Louisette; Périchet, Christine; Lavoine, Sophie

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“…Extraction method previously developed to characterize Benzoin gums was applied to analyze the balm of Judea resin. Among all the existing fibers, DVB/CAR/PDMS has proven to be the more efficient to extract volatile compounds of resins and was chosen for this study . An extraction time of 80 min was applied, adapted to manual injection and to the running time of analysis, the fiber being saturated after 30 min .…”

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“…Headspace Solid Phase MicroExtraction (HS‐SPME) was performed with a manual SPME device and a fiber that were purchased from Supelco Company (Bellefonte, PA, USA). The analyses were performed with a CARboxen/PolyDiMethylSiloxane/DiVinylBenzene (CAR/PDMS/DVB 50/30 μm) coated fiber, in accordance with the method previously reported on Benzoin gum …”

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“…Before extraction, equilibration of the headspace in the vial was accomplished during one night at room temperature in darkness. Extractions were carried out three times, with a sampling time of 80 min at room temperature, according to studies previously reported that were adapted to a manual injection device . After exposure, fiber was thermally desorbed into the GC injector (equipped with a 0.75 mm i.d.…”

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Forgotten Perfumery Plants – Part I: Balm of Judea

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Perfumes have always been products of great importance, mainly composed of natural, valuable and vegetal raw materials. Today, some of them have completely disappeared in perfumery, even though they are part of our cultural heritage and were commonly used in the past. Balm of Judea is one of the most noble, rare and fascinating ingredient long used in perfumery and medicine, that is missing today. After years of research, we collected a resin and an essential oil (steam distillation of fresh aerial parts) from Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.CHR. native from Saudi Arabia and cultivated in Israel. The aims of this study were to i) identify the main reasons of the loss of the balm of Judea, ii) characterize the volatile composition of the resin and the essential oil and iii) evaluate their olfactory profile and assess their biological activity. Eighty-three compounds were identified in the resin, by a combination of GC-MS and GC/FID techniques, using direct injection and HS-SPME. α-Pinene (24.0 %), sabinene (43.8 %), β-pinene (6.3 %) and cymene (3.6 %) were the main identified compounds, giving an intense, terpenic and lemony smell to the resin. Anti-inflammatory, wound-healing and whitening activities were highlighted. Sabinene (22.7 %), terpinen-4-ol (18.7 %), α-pinene (14.4 %) and cymene (13.6 %) were identified as the main components of the essential oil, giving a spicy, woody and lemony fragrance. Antiinflammatory and whitening activities were emphasized.

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“…The GMBs of the wild pygmy slow loris mainly comprise Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria with conspicuously low proportions of Firmicutes (Xu et al, ). GMB function in the pygmy slow loris was characterized by an enrichment for the degradation of benzoates, compounds that naturally occur in gums and flowers, which are preferred foods of the pygmy slow loris (Castel, Fernandez, Lizzani‐Cuvelier, Perichet, & Lavoine, ; Fernandez, Lizzani‐Cuvelier, Loiseau, Périchet, & Delbecque, ; Kolosova, Gorenstein, Kish, & Dudareva, ; Pichersky & Gershenzon, ). Although these pioneering studies support the literature indicating that feeding strategy and dietary specialization in part mediate GMB composition and function, past studies of nocturnal strepsirrhines have included only a single species.…”

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A comparative study of gut microbiomes in captive nocturnal strepsirrhines

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Feeding strategy and diet are increasingly recognized for their roles in governing primate gut microbiome (GMB) composition. Whereas feeding strategy reflects evolutionary adaptations to a host's environment, diet is a more proximate measure of food intake. Host phylogeny, which is intertwined with feeding strategy, is an additional, and often confounding factor that shapes GMBs across host lineages.Nocturnal strepsirrhines are an intriguing and underutilized group in which to examine the links between these three factors and GMB composition. Here, we compare GMB composition in four species of captive, nocturnal strepsirrhines with varying feeding strategies and phylogenetic relationships, but nearly identical diets.We use 16S rRNA sequences to determine gut bacterial composition. Despite similar husbandry conditions, including diet, we find that GMB composition varies significantly across host species and is linked to host feeding strategy and phylogeny.The GMBs of the omnivorous and the frugivorous species were significantly more diverse than were those of the insectivorous and exudativorous species. Across all hosts, GMBs were enriched for bacterial taxa associated with the macronutrient resources linked to the host's respective feeding strategy. Ultimately, the reported variation in microbiome composition suggests that the impacts of captivity and concurrent diet do not overshadow patterns of feeding strategy and phylogeny. As our understanding of primate GMBs progresses, populations of captive primates can provide insight into the evolution of host-microbe relationships, as well as inform future captive management protocols that enhance primate health and conservation.

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“…Headspace SPME uses a coated fibre to extract compounds from the headspace of a sealed vial containing a sample and transfer them to a GC-MS for identification and quantification (Pawliszyn, 2011). This method has previously been used to differentiate samples of modern resin (Hamm et al, 2003(Hamm et al, , 2005, identify small amounts of resin in archaeological samples (Hamm et al, 2004), characterize the volatile components in Benzoin gum (Castel et al, 2006), identify two volatile degradation compounds of Baltic amber (Pastorelli, 2011), and differentiate Baltic and Romanian amber (van der Werf et al, 2014). These previous studies have also involved extensive methods testing (Hamm et al, 2003), which has informed our selection of SPME fibre, incubation temperature and time, and sampling time.…”

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The chemistry of American and African amber, copal, and resin from the genus Hymenaea

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Kraemer

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The comparison of the chemical composition of fossilized amber, copal, and resin is important for determining the botanic origin and original chemical composition of fossilized amber and copal, and for understanding the ecologic role of resin. Here we use solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) to investigate the volatile and semi-volatile composition of amber, copal and resin from Africa and the Americas, produced by trees from the genus Hymenaea. We found there are four subgroups of Hymenaea resin, copal, and amber, based upon age and chemical similarity: African amber, American amber, African resin/copal (which also includes Colombian copal), and American resin/copal. This analysis allows us to narrow down the potential botanic origin of amber and copal samples, and also indicates that within this genus, resin similarity does not correspond closely with phylogenetic relationships. Therefore, resin chemistry may have been controlled by ecologic pressures, such as defence against herbivores, wood borers, 2 humidity, diseases, etc. and the original chemical composition of amber and copal could potentially be used to understand the role of resin in plant-insect interactions through time.

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Characterization of the Chemical Composition of a Byproduct from Siam Benzoin Gum

Cited by 14 publications

References 10 publications

Forgotten Perfumery Plants – Part I: Balm of Judea

Forgotten Perfumery Plants – Part I: Balm of Judea

A comparative study of gut microbiomes in captive nocturnal strepsirrhines

The chemistry of American and African amber, copal, and resin from the genus Hymenaea

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