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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Chemical composition and anticancer, antiinflammatory, antioxidant and antimalarial activities of leaves essential oil of Cedrelopsis grevei
Food and Chemical Toxicology, Volume 56, Year 2013
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The essential oil from Cedrelopsis grevei leaves, an aromatic and medicinal plant from Madagascar, is widely used in folk medicine. Essential oil was characterized by GC-MS and quantified by GC-FID. Sixty-four components were identified. The major constituents were: (E)-β-farnesene (27.61%), δ-cadinene (14.48%), α-copaene (7.65%) and β-elemene (6.96%). The essential oil contained a complex mixture consisting mainly sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (83.42%) and generally sesquiterpenes (98.91%). The essential oil was tested cytotoxic (on human breast cancer cells MCF-7), antimalarial (Plasmodium falciparum), antiinflammatory and antioxidant (ABTS and DPPH assays) activities. C. grevei essential oil was active against MCF-7 cell lines (IC50=21.5mg/L), against P. falciparum, (IC50=17.5mg/L) and antiinflammatory (IC50=21.33mg/L). The essential oil exhibited poor antioxidant activity against DPPH (IC50>1000mg/L) and ABTS (IC50=110mg/L) assays. A bibliographical review was carried out of all essential oils identified and tested with respect to antiplasmodial, anticancer and antiinflammatory activities. The aim was to establish correlations between the identified compounds and their biological activities (antiplasmodial, anticancer and antiinflammatory). According to the obtained correlations, 1,4-cadinadiene (R2=0.61) presented a higher relationship with antimalarial activity. However, only (Z)-β-farnesene (R2=0.73) showed a significant correlation for anticancer activity. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Afoulous, Samia
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Ferhout, Hicham
France, Toulouse
Nat'ex Biotech.
Raoelison, Emmanuel G.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Imra
Valentin, Alexis
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Moukarzel, Béatrice
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Couderc, François
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Bouajila, Jalloul
France, Toulouse
Université Toulouse Iii - Paul Sabatier
Statistics
Citations: 111
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.fct.2013.02.008
ISSN:
02786915
e-ISSN:
18736351
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Madagascar