Title of article
Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities of Essential Oils from Four Species of Bamboo Genus Schizostachyum
Author/Authors
Vairappan, Charles Santhanaraju Universiti Malaysia Sabah - Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation - Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Malaysia , Nagappan, Thilahgavani Universiti Malaysia Sabah - Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation - Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Malaysia , Nagappan, Thilahgavani Universiti Malaysia Terengganu - School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Malaysia , Hui, Liow Ting Universiti Malaysia Sabah - Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation - Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Malaysia , Kulip, Julius Universiti Malaysia Sabah - Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Malaysia
From page
127
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136
Abstract
Volatile chemical constituents of four species of local bamboo (Schizostachyum blumei Nees., Schizostachyum brachycladum Nees., Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merrill and Schizostachyum pilosum S.Dransf.) were investigated. The oils were obtained from bamboo culm through steam distillation and profiled using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GCMS). A total of 59 volatile constituents were identified, and these contained oxygenated sesquiterpene, α-elemol (8.2~21.1 %), coumaran (6.7~32.3 %), guaiacol-4-vinyl (0.6~0.9 %), palmitic acid (1.5~25.6 %), pentacosane (0.1~0.2 %), phytol (1.0~12.6 %), phytol acetate (0.5~1.7 %) and trans-squalene (0.2~1.6 %) consistently in the specimens studied. Based on the observation, S. pilosum exhibited wider diameter of inhibition against Escherchia coli and Staphylococcus aureus compared to the other species of Schizostachyum essential oil.
Keywords
Wild bamboo , Volatile fingerprints , Antibacterial Activity.
Journal title
Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation
Journal title
Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation
Record number
2576687
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