Chemistry and Bioactivity of Croton Essential Oils: Literature Survey and Croton hirtus from Vietnam.

ABSTRACT: Using essential oils to control vectors, intermediate hosts, and disease-causing microorganisms is a promising approach. The genus Croton in the family Euphorbiaceae is a large genus, with many species containing large amounts of essential oils, however, essential oil studies are limited in terms of the number of Croton species investigated. In this work, the aerial parts of C. hirtus growing wild in Vietnam were collected and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). A total of 141 compounds were identified in C. hirtus essential oil, in which sesquiterpenoids dominated, comprising 95.4%, including the main components β-caryophyllene (32.8%), germacrene D (11.6%), β-elemene (9.1%), α-humulene (8.5%), and caryophyllene oxide (5.0%). The essential

SUBMITTER: Luu-Dam NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10005233 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature