Essential Oil of Galinsoga Parviflora Leaves from Colombia

Abstract

The chemical composition of the volatile compounds from the leaves of Galinsoga parviflora Cav. (Asteraceae) from Colombia was studied by GC and GC/MS. Eighty-eight volatile compounds were identified, of which the major ones were (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol (21.7%), β-caryophyllene (12.4%), and 6-demethoxy-ageratochrome (14%). The leaf oil presented antimicrobial activities against the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus.

Effects of plant extract antioxidative phenolic compounds on energetic status and viability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells undergoing oxidative stress

“…The available data indicate that G. parviflora contains fumaric acid (Mostafa, Abd El-Aziz, Hafez, & El-Shazly, 2013), essential oil (Mostafa et al, 2013;Pino et al, 2010), phytosterols (Mostafa et al, 2013;Tariq et al, 2008), mineral salts (Odhav, Beekrum, Akula, & Baijnath, 2007) and vitamins (Grubben & Denton, 2004), whereas F. officinalis fumaric and malic acids (Bradley, 1992;Ivanov et al, 2014;Soušek et al, 1999), isoquinoline alkaloids (Seger, Sturm, Strasser, Ellmerer, & Stuppner, 2004;Soušek et al, 1999;Sturm et al, 2006;Suau, Cabezudo, Rico, Nájera, & López-Romero, 2002) and indenobenzazepines (Bradley, 1992;Newall, Anderson, & Phillipson, 1996), as well as mucilage, resin, and bitter principles (Newall et al, 1996) have been identified.…”

“…The fresh, crushed herb or its juice are topically applied in skin diseases, especially poorly healing wounds, eczemas and lichens (Senderski, 2009). The traditional usage of G. parviflora has been confirmed in several biological tests, in which its alcoholic extracts improved fibroblast migration and proliferation in the injured area (Schmidt et al, 2009) and have been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral activities (Matu & van Staden, 2003;Pino, Gaviria, Quevedo-Vega, García-Lesmes, & Quijano-Celis, 2010;Simões et al, 1999).…”

Anti-inflammatory Activity and Phytochemical Profile of Galinsoga Parviflora Cav.

“…The extracts of the aerial part of GP have been found to exert significant antibacterial, antifungal [ 6 ], and antiviral activities [ 7 ]. In turn, essential oil from GP can inhibit the growth of S. aureus and B. cereus [ 8 ]. Various chemical compounds and extracts of gallant soldier have shown α-glucosidase, hepato-protective, nematicidal, and hypoglycemic activities.…”

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Galinsoga parviflora and its phylogenetic implications

“…Although it is considered an invasive weed, the plant usually can be utilized as medicinal herb for wound healing as well as for the treatment of blood coagulation problems, cold, flu, toothache, and dermatological and eye diseases due to the presence of diverse secondary metabolites (Pan et al 2007;Ali et al 2017). The plant is full of essential oil containing bioactive compounds (Pino et al 2010). So far, 38 compounds classified into seven categories (flavonoids, aromatic esters, diterpenoids, caffeic acid derivatives, steroids, phenolic acid derivatives, and miscellaneous compounds) have been isolated from G. parviflora (Ali et al 2017).…”

“…So far, 38 compounds classified into seven categories (flavonoids, aromatic esters, diterpenoids, caffeic acid derivatives, steroids, phenolic acid derivatives, and miscellaneous compounds) have been isolated from G. parviflora (Ali et al 2017). It has been reported that the plant had antibacterial (Matu and Van Staden 2003;Damalas, 2008;Pino et al 2010), antifungal (Ali et al 2017), anti-inflammatory (Matu and Van Staden 2003;Damalas, 2008), antioxidant (Chipurura et al 2009;Bazylko et al 2012;Bazylko et al 2015), hepatoprotective (Mostafa et al 2013), and hypoglycemic activity (Mostafa et al 2013;Ali et al 2017).…”