Volatilome and Essential Oil of Ulomoides dermestoides: A Broad-Spectrum Medical Insect.

ABSTRACT: Ulomoides dermestoides are used as a broad-spectrum medical insect in the alternative treatment of various diseases. Preliminary volatilome studies carried out to date have shown, as the main components, methyl-1,4-benzoquinone, ethyl-1,4-benzoquinone, 1-tridecene, 1-pentadecene, and limonene. This work focused on the production of metabolites and their metabolic variations in U. dermestoides under stress conditions to provide additional valuable information to help better understand the broad-spectrum medical uses. To this end, VOCs were characterized by HS-SPME with PEG and CAR/PDMS fibers, and the first reported insect essential oils were obtained. In HS-SMPE, we found 17 terpenes, six quinones, five alkenes, and four aromatic compounds; in the essential oils, 53 terpenes, 54 carboxylic

SUBMITTER: Cazares-Samaniego PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8537694 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature