Volatile Composition and Biological Activity of Key Lime Citrus aurantifolia Essential Oil-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Volatile Composition and Biological Activity of Key Lime Citrus aurantifolia Essential Oil

Published:2012-11 Issue:11 Volume:7 Page:1934578X1200701
ISSN:1934-578X
Container-title:Natural Product Communications
language:en
Short-container-title:Natural Product Communications

Author:

Spadaro Federica¹²,Costa Rosaria³,Circosta Clara¹,Occhiuto Francesco¹

Affiliation:

1. Pharmaco-Biological Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Messina, Messina – Italy

2. Fondazione Prof. A. Imbesi, Messina, Italy

3. Dipartimento Farmaco-Chimico, School of Pharmacy, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Abstract

The essential oil of Citrus aurantifolia (Christm) Swingle fruits (limes) was studied for its potential spasmolytic effects in relation to its chemical composition. The essential oil, extracted by hydrodistillation (HD), was analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. The antispasmodic activity was evaluated on isolated rabbit jejunum, aorta and uterus. The results indicated that the essential oil of C aurantifolia possesses important spasmolytic properties, which are likely to be due to its major constituents, limonene (58.4%), β-pinene (15.4%), γ-terpinene (8.5%), and citral (4.4%).

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine,Plant Science,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1934578X1200701128

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