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Review
. 2021 Feb 12;26(4):965.
doi: 10.3390/molecules26040965.

Monoterpenes and Sesquiterpenes of Essential Oils from Psidium Species and Their Biological Properties

Renan Campos E Silva  1 , Jamile S da Costa  2 , Raphael O de Figueiredo  3 , William N Setzer  4   5 , Joyce Kelly R da Silva  1   5   6 , José Guilherme S Maia  1   7 , Pablo Luis B Figueiredo  3   8
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Review

Monoterpenes and Sesquiterpenes of Essential Oils from Psidium Species and Their Biological Properties

Renan Campos E Silva et al. Molecules. .

Abstract

Psidium (Myrtaceae) comprises approximately 266 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Psidium taxa have great ecological, economic, and medicinal relevance due to their essential oils' chemical diversity and biological potential. This review reports 18 Psidium species growing around the world and the chemical and biological properties of their essential oils. Chemically, 110 oil records are reported with significant variability of volatile constituents, according to their seasonality and collection sites. Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes with acyclic (C10 and C15), p-menthane, pinane, bisabolane, germacrane, caryophyllane, cadinane, and aromadendrane skeleton-types, were the primary constituents. The essential oils showed various biological activities, including antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, phytotoxic, larvicidal, anti-inflammatory, and cytotoxic properties. This review contributes to the Psidium species rational and economic exploration as natural sources to produce new drugs.

Keywords: Myrtaceae; Psidium; biological activities; essential oil variability; monoterpenes; sesquiterpenes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure A1
Major monoterpenoids found in Psidium species.
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Figure A2
Major sesquiterpene hydrocarbons found in Psidium species.
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Figure A3
Major oxygenated sesquiterpenes found in Psidium species.
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Figure A4
Other Major compound found in Psidium species.
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Figure 1
Geographical distribution of Psidium based on their essential oils study. This map was built by the authors using the plant occurrence information available in bibliographic data.
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Figure 2
Percentual distribution of the records of essential oils from Psidium species.
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Figure 3
Network map of the most searched keywords and related to the theme, from 1990 to 2020.
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Figure 4
Representative chemical skeletons of geranyl (A) and farnesyl (B) pyrophosphate pathways of some sesquiterpenes found in the essential oils of Psidium species.
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Figure 5
Chemical variability on essential oils of Psidium myrtoides and P. salutare during dry and rainy seasons. D: the dried season; R: the rainy season; MH: monoterpene hydrocarbons; OM: oxygenated monoterpenes; SH: sesquiterpene hydrocarbons; OS: oxygenated sesquiterpenes; OT: others.
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Figure 6
Distribution of records on biological activity of Psidium species.
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