Essential Oil Chemical Composition ofAnacardium occidentaleL. Leaves from Benin

Chemical constituents of the volatile oil from leaves of Annona coriacea and in vitro antiprotozoal activity

“…This result was in good agreement with that found in other Annona species as: A. densicoma (0.1% m/m) , A. muricata (0.0002%, 0.01% m/m) (Kossouoh et al, 2007;Fournier et al, 1999), A. squamosa (0.12% m/m) (Garg & Gupta, 2005) and A. foetida (0.01% m/m) (Costa et al, 2009).…”

Possible mechanisms of action of the hypotensive effect ofAnnona muricata(soursop) in normotensive Sprague–Dawley rats

“…The alkaloids, isoquinoline, coreximine, and anomurine, have been documented to have a transient depressive effect on the blood pressure (OliverBever, 1986). Essential oils such as β-caryophyllene, δ-cadinene, epi-α-cadinol and α-cadinol have also been isolated from the A. muricata plant (Pelissler et al, 1994;Kossouoh et al, 2007). Some essential oil like beta-caryophyllene present in other plants have been reported to exhibit hypotensive and vasodilator activities (Damiani et al, 2004;Sundufu & Shoushan, 2004;Morteza-Semnani, 2006;Kamboj & Saluja, 2008) and the presence of such compounds in A. muricata might possibly contribute to the cardiovascular effects observed with the aqueous plant extract (Abdalla et al, 1995).…”

“…In the West Indies, various parts of the plant, including the leaves, bark and roots have been used to treat disease conditions such as diabetes (Adeyemi et al, 2008(Adeyemi et al, , 2010 A. muricata include its anticancer (Oberlies et al, 1997;Liaw et al, 2002), antibacterial and antifungal (Takahashi et al, 2006) actions, as well as, its antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects (de Sousa et al, 2010). Phytochemical screening of the leaves of A. muricata has shown it to consist of alkaloids such as reticuline, coreximine, coclarine and anomurine (Leboeuf et al, 1981(Leboeuf et al, , 1982, annomuricin E, annomuricin C, muricatocin C, gigantetronenin and muricapentocin with antioxidant and antitumor properties (Wu et al, 1995;Kim et al, 1998;Luna et al, 2006;Baskar et al, 2007), as well as, essential oils such as β-caryophyllene, δ-cadinene, epi-α-cadinol and α-cadinol (Pelissler et al, 1994;Kossouoh et al, 2007).…”

Efecto del extracto etanólico de las hojas de Annona muricata L (guanabana) sobre Síndrome metabólico inducido en ratas

“…Los alcaloides como isoquinolina, coreximina y anomurina han demostrado su efecto depresor en la presión arterial. Se ha descrito que los aceites esenciales como β cariofileno, δ cadineno, epi-α-cadinol y α-cadinol en la guanábana poseen actividad vasodilatadora e hipotensora (19,20) .…”