Constituents of the Essential Oil of Calamintha nepeta

Souleles, Chr.; Argyriadou, N.; Philianos, S.

doi:10.1021/np50051a031

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“…The components piperitone and piperitone oxide in the oil were 9.3%. Souleles, Argyriadou, and Philianos (1987) reported pulegone as the main compound found in the oil of C. nepeta from Greece, and the presence of menthone, isomenthone and piperitone shows that the biogenesis of the therpenes followed the pulegone pathway.…”

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Chemical composition and biological assays of essential oils ofCalamintha nepeta(L.) Savi subsp.nepeta(Lamiaceae)

Piras

Porcedda

Falconieri

et al. 2010

Natural Product Research

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Aerial parts of wild Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi subsp. nepeta growing spontaneously on the Mediterranean coast (Sardinia Island, Italy) and on the Atlantic coast (Portugal) were used as a matrix for the supercritical extraction of volatile oil with CO(2). The collected extracts were analysed by GC-FID and GC-MS methods and their compositions were compared with that of the essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation, but the differences were not relevant. A strong chemical variability was observed in the essential oils depending on the origin of the samples. The results showed the presence of two chemotypes of C. nepeta. In all Italian samples, pulegone, piperitenone oxide and piperitenone were the main components (64.4-39.9%; 2.5-19.1%; 6.4-7.7%); conversely, the oil extracted from Portuguese C. nepeta is predominantly composed of isomenthone (35.8-51.3%), 1,8-cineole (21.1-21.4%) and trans-isopulegone (7.8-6.0%). The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the minimal lethal concentration (MLC) were used to evaluate the antifungal activity of the oils against Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida krusei, Candida guillermondii, Candida parapsilosis, Cryptococcus neoformans, Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis, Microsporum gypseum, Epidermophyton floccosum, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus flavus. The Italian oil, rich in pulegone, exhibited significant antifungal activity against Aspergillus and dermatophyte strains, with MIC values of 0.32-1.25 µL mL(-1).

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Chemical composition and biological assays of essential oils ofCalamintha nepeta(L.) Savi subsp.nepeta(Lamiaceae)

Piras

Porcedda

Falconieri

et al. 2010

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“…Classic distillation methods have been described and great variability in composition has been observed [12], due both to the diversity of species and to the extraction procedures [14]. C. nepeta oil is reported to be rich in highly odorous, lightly oxygenated monoterpenes (LOM) of menthone, pulegone, piperitone, and piperitenone types [11].…”

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Effects of solvent‐free microwave extraction on the chemical composition of essential oil of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi compared with the conventional production method

Riela¹,

Bruno

Formisano

et al. 2008

J of Separation Science

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The essential oil of Calamintha nepeta has been obtained by solvent-free microwave extraction (SFME) and by classical hydrodistillation (HD). A comparative qualitative-quantitative study on the composition of the oils was carried out. A total of 38 compounds, constituting 97.6% of the oil, were identified in the oil obtained by SFME, whereas 46 compounds, representing 95.4% of the oil, were characterized in the HD oil. SFME-distilled oil is richer in lightly oxygenated monoterpenes (LOM) than HD oil. It also has a higher amount of sesquiterpenes and a lower quantity of hydrocarbon monoterpenes. HD oil seems to be affected by chemical changes more than SFME oil.

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“…Very traditional is its use as food preserver too, and a recent study by Pagiotti and Menghini (1997) demonstrated the mycostatic propriety of its essential oil. The chemical composition and properties of the essential oil of C. nepeta has been investigated by several authors (De Pooter et al 1987;Souleles et al 1987;Kokkalou and Stephanou 1990;Pagni et al 1990;Akgu¨l et al 1991;Kirimer et al 1992;Ristorcelli et al 1996). The plants contain also a lot of tannins and mucilages.…”

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“…In Basilicata this plant is known and used since Roman time (Caneva et al 1997). Leaves and flowers are very rich in essential oils as pulegone (39.7%), isomenthone (25.6%) menthone (24.7%), piperitenone (2.4%) and limonene (1.5%) (Souleles et al 1987). In this southern Italian region, it is traditionally used to flavor sauces, vegetables and, particularly meat of lamb.…”

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Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi and Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Fritsch cultivated in Italy

Hammer

Laghetti

Pistrick

2005

Genet Resour Crop Evol

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Calamintha nepeta and Micromeria thymifolia have been traditionally used in the Mediterranean area as condiments and medicinal plants for a long time. Whereas in parts of Italy C. nepeta (special recipes have been developed in Lazio and Tuscany) is also an established garden plant showing different evolutionary products and their interaction among each other and the wild progenitor, M. thymifolia is being developed into a new crop plant. Both plants and their uses are described with regard to Italy. There is a marked tendency to broaden the use of condiments and spices which results in new crop plants which have to be documented and elaborated in further studies. Many species of Labiatae are predisposed to use by man and new items can be found even in areas which have to be considered as well studied.

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Constituents of the Essential Oil of Calamintha nepeta

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Chemical composition and biological assays of essential oils ofCalamintha nepeta(L.) Savi subsp.nepeta(Lamiaceae)

Chemical composition and biological assays of essential oils ofCalamintha nepeta(L.) Savi subsp.nepeta(Lamiaceae)

Effects of solvent‐free microwave extraction on the chemical composition of essential oil of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi compared with the conventional production method

Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi and Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Fritsch cultivated in Italy

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