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Essential oils of Chiliadenus lopadusanus (Asteraceae).

P. ZitoMaurizio SajevaE. SciricaM. BrunoS. RosselliA. MaggioF. Senatore

subject

PollinatorSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaChiliadenuInsectavolatiles Chiliadenus pollinators terpenoids camphor.FlowersAsteraceaeEssential oilTerpenoidPlant LeavesSettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataItalySettore CHIM/03 - Chimica Generale E InorganicaSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataOils VolatileAnimals

description

The essential oils from the leaves and flowers of Chiliadenus lopadusanus growing on Lampedusa Island were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. The major component was camphor (39.4% in the leaves and 24.0% in the flowers), followed in the leaves by torreyol (6.7%), t-cadinol (5.2%) and 1,8-cineole (3.8%), while in the flowers by t-cadinol (15.2%), t-muurolol (5.1%) and torreyol (4.5%). Among the compounds identified, several seem to play a role in antibacterial, antifungal, allelopathic and spasmolytic activity. In addition, several compounds identified in this study seem to influence the attraction of Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis (Megachilidae) and Halictus (Seladonia) gemmeus (Halictidae), two hymenopteran here identified as pollinators of Chiliadenus lopadusanus.

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2013-10-02
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/24079193