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Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of Eugenia species

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The essential oils of the leaves of Eugenia brasiliensis, Eugenia beaurepaireana, and Eugenia umbelliflora were analyzed by GC–MS. The major compounds found in the oil of E. brasiliensis were spathulenol (12.6%) and τ-cadinol (8.7%), of E. beaurepaireana were β-caryophyllene (8.0%) and bicyclogermacrene (7.2%), and of E. umbelliflora were viridiflorol (17.7%) and β-pinene (13.2%). These oils were assayed to determine their antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli. All of the oils analyzed showed antibacterial activity, ranging from moderate to strong, which was most accentuated for the E. umbelliflora and E. brasiliensis oils, which strongly inhibited the growth of S. aureus giving values of MIC = 119.2 and 156.2 μg/mL, respectively.

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The authors are grateful to CNPq, FURB and UFSC for financial support.

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  1. Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, 89.010-971, Brazil

    Michele D. A. Magina & Eduardo M. Dalmarco

  2. Laboratório de Cromatografia, Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), Blumenau, SC, 89.010-971, Brazil

    Alberto Wisniewski Jr.

  3. Departamento de Química, Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, SC, 89.010-971, Brazil

    Edesio L. Simionatto

  4. Laboratório de Química de Produtos Naturais, Departamento de Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil

    Juliana B. Dalmarco, Moacir G. Pizzolatti & Inês M. C. Brighente

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Magina, M.D.A., Dalmarco, E.M., Wisniewski, A. et al. Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils of Eugenia species. J Nat Med 63, 345–350 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-009-0329-5

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