Chemical Composition and Biological Properties of the Leaf Essential Oil of Tagetes lucida Cav. from Cuba

• Published in: The Journal of essential oil research Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 63 - 67
• Main Authors: Regalado, Erik L, Fernández, Miguel D, Pino, Jorge A, Mendiola, Judith, Echemendia, Olga A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Allured Pub. Corp 01-09-2011; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Acinetobacter lwoffii; antimalarials; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; antioxidant capacity; antiplasmodial activity; antiviral activity; antiviral properties; Asteraceae; Candida albicans; chemical composition; Enterobacter aerogenes; Escherichia coli; essential oil composition; essential oils; estragole; gas chromatography; hydrodistillation; in vitro studies; leaves; methyl chavicol; Plasmodium berghei; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; screening; Staphylococcus aureus; Tagetes; Tagetes lucida; thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances; volatile compounds; Cuba
• ISSN: 1041-2905; 2163-8152
• DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2011.9700485

The leaf essential oil of Tagetes lucida Cav. (Asteraceae) from Cuba has been obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-FID and GC/MS. Forty volatile compounds were identified, of which estragole (96.8%) was the major constituent. The antioxidant capacity of this essential oil was measured by two different in vitro assays (DPPH and TBARS) and significant activities were evidenced. The preliminary screening of its antiplasmodial, antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activities was carried out against Plasmodium berghei, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, Acinetobacter lwoffi, Enterobacter aerogenes and against strains HHV 1 and HHV 2. The results showed a moderate activity against P. berghei and E. coli.