Wild Man from Borneo

Cribb, Robert; Gilbert, Helen; Tiffin, Helen

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“…Although the particular purpose of kinos is not yet fully investigated, it has been shown that plants afford a lot of energy in producing tannins which indicates that kinos might play a crucial role in their defense mechanisms (Hemingway and Karchesy, 1989). Medicinal applications of kinos to treat a range of conditions are documented from around the world (Cribb and Cribb, 1981;Ghisalberti, 1996;Lassak and McCarthy, 1983;Simmonds, 1895). In particular, parts of India, Africa, Jamaica and Australia were once major commercial suppliers (Lloyd, 1911;Locher and Currie 2010).…”

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Chemical characteristics and antimicrobial effects of some Eucalyptus kinos

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Locher

2012

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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Chemical characteristics and antimicrobial effects of some Eucalyptus kinos

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Hammer

Locher

2012

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

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“…This piperitone (38) rich oil can also be produced from E. piperita Sm (Myrtaceae), which was first distilled by First fleet Surgeon Denis Considen in 1788. The basis of Considen's attraction to this species was its odorous resemblance to Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), hence the botanical name [97,98]. Although the subjective comparison is correct, M. piperita essential oils are dominated by menthol (8), menthone (39) and pulegone (40) [99], but contain no piperitone (38).…”

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A Contemporary Introduction to Essential Oils: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Prospects for Australian Agriculture

2015

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This review is a comprehensive introduction to pertinent aspects of the extraction methodology, chemistry, analysis and pharmacology of essential oils, whilst providing a background of general organic chemistry concepts to readers from non-chemistry oriented backgrounds. Furthermore, it describes the historical aspects of essential oil research whilst exploring contentious issues of terminology. This follows with an examination of essential oil producing plants in the Australian context with particular attention to Aboriginal custom use, historical successes and contemporary commercial prospects. Due to the harsh dry environment of the Australian landmass, particularly to the cyclical climatic variation attendant upon repeated glaciation/post-glaciation cycles, the arid regions have evolved a rich assortment of unique endemic essential oil yielding plants. Though some of these aromatic plants (particularly myrtaceous species) have given birth to commercially valuable industries, much remains to be discovered. Given the market potential, it is likely that recent discoveries in our laboratory and elsewhere will lead to new product development. This review concludes with an emphasis on the use of chemotaxonomy in selection of commercially viable cultivar chemotypes from the Australian continent. Finally, drawing largely from our own results we propose a list of Australian endemic species with novel commercial potential. OPEN ACCESSAgriculture 2015, 5 49

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“…It has been documented that Aboriginal people utilised a few species of Prostanthera for medicinal and aromatherapeutic purposes, but there is no documented use of P. centralis [5][6][7]. In previous studies, components of essential oils produced from Prostanthera species included 1,8-cineole, maaliol and prostantherol [3,8], all of which have antimicrobial activity [8] while some of these components have anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive effects [9,10].…”

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Volatiles from the Rare Australian Desert Plant Prostanthera centralis B.J.Conn (Lamiaceae): Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity

2014

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Hydrodistilled essential oils and dichloromethane (DCM) extracted volatiles were taken from cultivated specimens of Prostanthera centralis, endemic to central Australia. All volatiles were chemically characterised by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS) with the use of authentic standards, followed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oils was measured against a range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial species using a micro-titre plate broth dilution assay. Twenty-two compounds were identified as components of the sweet smelling aromatic essential oil and DCM extracts, both showing a relatively high abundance of prostantherol. The volatiles extracted using DCM, differed only in the relative abundance of the major components and the lack of ledol and squamulosone. This study constitutes the first time ledol and squamulosone have been identified in a Prostanthera species. Antimicrobial assays showed moderate to high inhibitory activity against some Gram-positive bacteria and the yeast Candida albicans. OPEN ACCESSAgriculture 2014, 4 309

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Wild Man from Borneo

Cited by 39 publications

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Chemical characteristics and antimicrobial effects of some Eucalyptus kinos

Chemical characteristics and antimicrobial effects of some Eucalyptus kinos

A Contemporary Introduction to Essential Oils: Chemistry, Bioactivity and Prospects for Australian Agriculture

Volatiles from the Rare Australian Desert Plant Prostanthera centralis B.J.Conn (Lamiaceae): Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity

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