Pachira glabra Pasq. Essential Oil: Chemical Constituents, Antimicrobial and Insecticidal Activities

Study on Cinnamomum Oils: Compositional Pattern of Seven Species Grown in Vietnam

“…In addition, the various compounds present in these oil samples were known to possess a variety of biological importance and these might have been responsible for the medicinal importance of the plant samples. Referring to literature, essential oils with large amount of eugenol, 1, 8-cineole, linalool and terpinen-4-ol have shown antimicrobial potential 11,27 . Furthermore, β-caryophyllene showed anti-inflammatory and anesthetic effects in addition to anticarcinogenic and antineoplastic 28 .…”

“…In addition, β-caryophyllene and α-terpinol have displayed insecticidal activities 27 . Benzyl cinnamate is reported to be efficacious in the treatment of tuberculosis while benzyl benzoate is used in medicine formerly as an antispasmodic and in the form of a lotion as a scabicide and in perfumery 29 .…”

Floral Scents inPachira aquatica(Malvaceae): A Species with Diverse Floral Visitors in a Mexican Lowland Forests

“…In addition, thirtythree compounds were identified in the essential oil of the leaves of P. graba Pasq. [11], another species of the Paquira genus. Among them, limonene, -caryophyllene, phytol and -bisabolene were the major constituents.…”

Constituents and Insecticidal Activity of Deinbollia pinnata Essential Oil

“…The results showed the effects of the essential oil to be concentration dependent, with some inhibitory action on adults of S. zeamais after 72 h. The essential oil showed fumigant toxicity against S. zeamais adults with 100 % mortality at a concentration of 120 mg/mL, with The insecticidal activity may be attributed to the compounds present in D. pinnata essential oil. Although, literature information is devoid of the insecticidal potential of D. pinnata essential oil, the insecticidal effects of some essential oils from other plants against adult S. zeamais and other insect pests have been reported [1][2][3]13].…”

“…The repellency activity has been reported of geranyl acetone and farnesyl acetone [14]. Plant extracts and essential oils containing large amount of phytol [1][2][3] are known to exhibit insecticidal activities against S. zeamais and some other insect pests [15][16][17].…”