Chemical Composition and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Volatile Fractions from the Bark of Eight Mexican Bursera Species
Chemical Composition and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of the Volatile Fractions from the Bark of Eight Mexican Bursera Species
- Planta Medica, 71(9), p.825-828, 2005 .
The volatile fractions from the bark of eight species of Mexican Bursera were obtained using steam distillation and were subjected to tandem GC-MS analysis for identification of the main constituents. The most abundant components of steam volatiles were monoterpenoids from which ?-terpineol, terpinen-4-ol, ?-thujene, linalool and limonene were most frequently isolated. A series of sesquiterpenes and long-chain hydrocarbons were isolated and identified from the barks of some of the studied species. Some volatiles were assayed for anti-inflammatory activity using the TPA-induced ear edema bioassay in mice. The volatile fraction from Bursera lancifolia was about half as active as indomethacin.
BURSERA
VOLATILES
GC-MS
MONOTERPENES
SESQUITERPENES
HYDROCARBONS
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY
The volatile fractions from the bark of eight species of Mexican Bursera were obtained using steam distillation and were subjected to tandem GC-MS analysis for identification of the main constituents. The most abundant components of steam volatiles were monoterpenoids from which ?-terpineol, terpinen-4-ol, ?-thujene, linalool and limonene were most frequently isolated. A series of sesquiterpenes and long-chain hydrocarbons were isolated and identified from the barks of some of the studied species. Some volatiles were assayed for anti-inflammatory activity using the TPA-induced ear edema bioassay in mice. The volatile fraction from Bursera lancifolia was about half as active as indomethacin.
BURSERA
VOLATILES
GC-MS
MONOTERPENES
SESQUITERPENES
HYDROCARBONS
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY