title: Composition and antifungal activity of the essential oil of Solidago chilensis.
abstract: Volatile constituents of the essential oils from leaves and inflorescences of Solidago chilensis Meyen were analyzed by GC-FID, GC-MS and 13C-NMR and thirty-six different compounds were identified. Pumiloxide, an unusual labdane diterpene, was found to be one of the major components in both oils (15.3 % and 12.3 %, respectively). Other important constituents were limonene and several sesquiterpenes, mainly gamma-cadinene. The antifungal activity of the leaf oil was assayed against five different strains of filamentous fungi and one yeast. Paper disk agar diffusion test showed human pathogenic dermatophytes to be the most sensitive.
authors.forename: Roser
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mundina
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tomi
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Furlán
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zacchino
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Casanova
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cañigueral
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001118:Argentina; D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000187:drug effects; D019659:Asteraceae; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000737:chemistry; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010936:Plant Extracts