Débora Nunes Mario
	
					    												
Brazil						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Chemical Composition, Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oil of Scutia buxifolia Reissek Leaves 						
Author(s): Aline Augusti Boligon, Thiago Guilherme Schwanz, Thiele Faccim de Brum, Janaína Kieling Frohlich, Letícia Nunes, Débora Nunes Mario, Sydney Hartz Alves and Margareth Linde AthaydeAline Augusti Boligon, Thiago Guilherme Schwanz, Thiele Faccim de Brum, Janaína Kieling Frohlich, Letícia Nunes, Débora Nunes Mario, Sydney Hartz Alves and Margareth Linde Athayde             
						
												
				 The chemical composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from the leaves parts of Scutia buxifolia were evaluated. The chemical composition was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Twenty-five substances were identified, consisting of a complex mixture of sesquiterpenes (73.69%) and monoterpenes (18.74%). The main components in the oil were spathulenol (27.09%), β-cubebene (11.26%), germacrene D (9.81%), carvacrol (7.01%), globulol (5.36%), α-copaene (4.17%), γ-eudesmol (3.59%), thymol (3.27%), 1,8-cineol (3.08%), p-cymene (2.56%), α-eudesmol (2.34%), β-elemene (2.04%), butylated hydroxytoluene (2.00%) along with eugenol acetate, n-hexanol, α-pinene, α-humulene, eugenol, humulene epoxide, phytol as minor constituents. The antioxidant pro.. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2153-2435.1000199