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Table 2 Twenty-three compounds and their bioactivities related to ethnobotanical uses of fleagrass

From: Before it disappeared: ethnobotanical study of fleagrass (Adenosma buchneroides), a traditional aromatic plant used by the Akha people

Compound

Content % (Shen et al. 1991) [12]

Content % (Xu et al. 2005) [15]

Bioactivity

Reference

3-Hexenol

0.01

0.04

Insect pest control

[30, 31]

α-Pinene

0.36

1.24

Antibacterial; antifungal; insect repellent

[32,33,34]

Sabinene

0.01

–

Antibacterial; insect repellent

[35, 36]

β-Pinene

0.01

0.05

Antibacterial; antifungal; antidepressant; insecticide

[32, 33, 37, 38]

α-Phellandrene

11.86

0.11

Antimicrobial; insecticide

[39, 40]

3-Carene

0.36

1.67

Oviposition deterrent insect repellent; antibacterial

[17, 19]

p-Cymene

4.40

6.60

Oviposition deterrent; antibacterial; insecticide

[16, 41, 42]

Limonene

0.39

2.49

Oviposition deterrent; insecticide; insect repellent; antimicrobial

[42,43,44]

β-Phellandrene

11.86

–

Insecticide

[45]

Terpinolene

0.01

0.33

Insecticide; insect repellent

[46]

Linalool

0.04

0.05

Antimicrobial; insecticide; antidepressant; anticonflict effects

[38, 47,48,49]

4-Terpineol

0.06

0.08

Antimicrobial; insecticide; insect repellent; anti-inflammatory

[50,51,52,53]

α-Terpineol

0.08

0.13

Antimicrobial; anti-inflammatory

[47, 52, 54]

Cuminic acid

11.17

–

Fungicide

[55]

Carvone

0.03

0.02

Antimicrobial; insect repellent

[34, 43]

Carvacrol

0.78

34.78

Antimicrobial; anti-inflammatory; analgesic; insecticide

[16, 56, 57]

Thymol

52.48

0.70

Antibacterial; insecticide; antioxidant; antimicrobial; anti-viral

[18, 58,59,60,61]

β-Caryophyllene

0.08

0.17

Insecticide; anti-inflammatory; antibacterial

[37, 62]

β-Bisabolene

10.57

1.34

Synergistic bactericidal; insect repellent

[17, 63]

Farnesene

0.69

–

Insect repellent

[64]

Guaiol

0.57

–

Insecticide

[65]

Eugenol

–

0.02

Insecticide, insect repellent; antifungal; anti-inflammatory

[36, 66, 67]

Caryophyllene oxide

–

0.01

Anti-platelet aggregation; antifungal; insecticide

[46, 68, 69]

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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

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