Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 1819-1829Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17021819
Keywords
Piper duckei; Piper demeraranum; essential oil; Leishmaniasis; HET-CAM
Funding
- FAPEAM (PPP and PIPT)
- PAPES V/CNPq [403481/2008-2]
- CNPq
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The essential oils obtained from leaves of Piper duckei and Piper demeraranum by hydrodistillation were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The main constituents found in P. demeraranum oil were limonene (19.3%) and beta-elemene (33.1%) and in P. duckei oil the major components found were germacrene D (14.7%) and trans-caryophyllene (27.1%). P. demeraranum and P. duckei oils exhibited biological activity, with IC50 values between 15 to 76 mu g mL(-1) against two Leishmania species, P. duckei oil being the most active. The cytotoxicity of the essential oils on mice peritoneal macrophage cells was insignificant, compared with the toxicity of pentamidine. The main mono-and sesquiterpene, limonene (IC50 = 278 mu M) and caryophyllene (IC50 = 96 mu M), were tested against the strains of Leishmania amazonensis, and the IC50 values of these compounds were lower than those found for the essential oils of the Piper species. The HET-CAM test was used to evaluate the irritation potential of these oils as topical products, showing that these oils can be used as auxiliary medication in cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis, with less side effects and lower costs.
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