Terpenes of Schinus terebinthifolius

Antifungal properties of plants used in Brazilian traditional medicine against clinically relevant fungal pathogens

“…Loyd et al (14) has previously reported the presence of sesquiand triterpenes in S. terebinthifolius.…”

Application of an Ionic Liquid in the Microwave Assisted Extraction of Cytotoxic Metabolites from Fruits of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae)

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Aiming the extraction of cytotoxic derivatives from fruits of this species, in this work was employed an alternative extraction method based in the use of ionic liquid extraction assisted by microwave. Using this approach, extracting plant material with BMImBr aqueous solution at 3 mol L -1 (experiment 1), followed by partition using EtOAc, were obtained 460 ± 12 mg (yield 23%) of EtOAc fraction.…”

“…3 The scientific investigations have highlighted the importance of S. terebinthifolius extracts due to their antiulcer, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and antitumor properties. 4 Chemically, S. terebinthifolius extracts are rich in triterpenoids, [5][6][7][8] especially tirucallane derivatives (masticadienoic acid and schinol) with anti-inflammatory, 4 antifungal 9 and antiparasitic 10 activities. Beside these compounds, phenolic derivatives such as gallic acid, methyl and ethyl gallates as well as flavonoids trans-catechin, miricetrin, miricetin, quercitrin, and afzelin, which displayed antiradical 11 and cytotoxic 12 activities, were also isolated.…”

“…As reported in previous papers, [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] the extraction procedures of bioactive compounds involve the use of toxic organic solvents such as MeOH, acetone, CHCl 3 and hexane in large quantities, leading to a significant environmental impact. The growing interest in adopting more environmentally compatible technologies make these processes inadequate.…”

Essential oils fromSchinus terebinthifoliusleaves – chemical composition andin vitrocytotoxicity evaluation

“…Phytochemically, this species contains fatty acids and terpenoids (Moneam & Ghoneim, 1986;Lloyd et al, 1977;Campello & Marsaioli, 1974, 1975. From these, two triterpenes were characterized as specific inhibitors of phospholipase A2 (Jain et al, 1995).…”