Chemical Composition and Phytotoxic Effects of Essential Oils of Salvia hierosolymitana Boiss. and Salvia multicaulis Vahl. var. simplicifolia Boiss. Growing Wild in Lebanon

Mancini, Emilia; Arnold, Nelly Apostolides; Martino, Laura De; Feo, Vincenzo De; Formisano, Carmen; Rigano, Daniela; Senatore, Felice

doi:10.3390/molecules14114725

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“…Interestingly, neither of the above species had dose dependent phytotoxic effect on the tested plants, which could be due the fact that the studied oils contained trace amounts of the toxic monoterpenes 1 and 2 (Mancini et al 2009). …”

Section: Allelopathic Interactionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Bioactive phytochemicals from shoots and roots of Salvia species

et al. 2015

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The plants of the genus Salvia L. are important medicinal herbs of the Lamiaceae family and some of them such as S. officinalis (sage), S. miltiorrhiza (red sage, Danshen) and S. sclarea (clary sage) have been used as medicinal plants in the folk medicine of several countries. In this review, we discuss the reports that have examined Salvia species with the aim of isolation of pure compounds with different biological activities. The phytochemical analyses of various sage plants have reported 10 monoterpenoids (1-10), 1 sesquiterpenoid (11), 8 labdane (13-20), 15 ent-kaurane (21-35), 82 abietane, rearranged abietane and tanshinone (36-117), 3 icetexane (118-120), 43 clerodane (121-163), and 3 pimarane (164-166) diterpenoids with cytotoxic and antimicrobial, antiprotozoal, antioxidant, phytotoxic and insecticide effects. The other heavier terpenoids, including 3 sesterterpenes (167-169), 10 triterpenoids and b-sitosterol (170-180) have been introduced as minor bioactive compounds in the sage plants. Sahandinone (107), 6,7-dehydroroyleanone, 7-a-acetoxyroyleanone (40), and tanshinone like diterpenoids have been isolated from the roots' extracts of different Salvia species. On the other hand, several radical scavenger phenolic compounds like simple phenolics and caffeic acid derivatives (181-201) including rosmarinic acid, flavonoids (202-217) as well as phenolic diterpenoids, such as carnosol and carnosic acid have been isolated from the aerial parts of these plants. One pyrrole (218) and 3 antimicrobial oxylipins (219-221) are among the other less detected constituents in the members of Salvias. Furthermore, sages also synthesize antifungal, antileishmanial and antimalarial phytochemicals in their roots and shoots, which are reviewed in this paper. We also examine the allelopathic phenomena and the ecologically important phytochemicals identified in different parts of the sage plants. Finally, antifeedant and insecticide phenomena, which are due to the presence of volatile monoterpenes and clerodane diterpenes in these plants, are discussed. Considering the presence of diverse biologically active phytochemicals in the sage plants, they can be suggested as suitable candidates for the formulation of valuable natural medicines.

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Section: Allelopathic Interactionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Bioactive phytochemicals from shoots and roots of Salvia species

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“…Indeed, other reports showed that limonene, a-pinene, and ocimenone inhibited the root growth of the Zea mays (Scrivanti et al 2003). Mancini et al (2009) andDe Martino et al (2010a, b) have demonstrated that both apinene and limonene inhibited the germination and radicle elongation of R. sativus and Lepidium sativum. Although the mode of inhibitory action of essential oils against germination still remains unclear, several articles reported that volatile oils and monoterpenoids inhibit cell division and induce structural breaks and decomposition in roots (Singh et al 2006b;De Martino et al 2010a).…”

Section: S Arvensismentioning

confidence: 96%

Chemical composition, phytotoxic and antifungal activities of Pinus pinea essential oil

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The chemical composition of essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Tunisian Pinus pinea Linn. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Sixty-six compounds were identified, representing 98.5% of total oil, which was found to be rich in monoterpene hydrocarbons (73.1%) particularly limonene (54.1%), a-pinene (7.7%), and b-pinene (3.4%). The yield and the physico-chemical properties were determined. Results of the antifungal activity study by in vitro contact assay showed that P. pinea oil significantly inhibited the growth of ten plant pathogenic fungi. Moreover, herbicidal properties of the oil, tested on Sinapis arvensis L., Lolium rigidum Gaud., and Raphanus raphanistrum L., indicated that the oil completely inhibited the seed germination at a high concentration, while at low doses the oil acted by decreasing and delaying the germination and inhibiting the seedling growth of all tested weeds unlike the commercial herbicide. Our results showed that P. pinea essential oil could be valorized as bioproduct for biocontrol of weeds and fungal plant diseases.

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“…Despite their importance in plant protection and food science, the environmental effects regulating the production of volatile compounds in Salvia plants have seldom been examined. As a continuation of our studies on genus Salvia (Cardile et al, 2009;Mancini et al, 2009;Canzoneri et al, 2011;Tenore et al, 2011), the objective of this study was to understand if essential oil production and yield of an agriculturally important Lamiaceae of the Mediterranean area, S. officinalis L., will be affected by environment. We also describe the biological activity of the essential oils collected in different places against three human melanoma cells (A375, M14, and A2058), testing several biochemical parameters, such as cell vitality, cell membrane integrity, genomic DNA fragmentation and caspase-3 activity.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%