Chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils of Thuja sutchuenensis, a critically endangered species endemic to China.
The essential oils from leaves, twigs and stems of large trees and shrub-like trees of Thuja sutchuenensis were extracted by hydrodistillation and supercritical fluid extraction, and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The essential oil composition differed significantly among the three organs, as well as between large trees and shrub-like trees. Furthermore, consistent with the eastern Asia-North American disjunct distribution of the genus, many differences in the essential oil composition between T. sutchuenensis and other Thuja species were apparent. The essential oils exhibited a certain degree of antifungal activity against six strains of human pathogenic fungi.
School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Xingangxi Road, 135, 510275 Guangzhou, PR China.
Huaping
H
Lei
Yonggang
Y
Wang
Chang
C
Su
Fengyin
F
Liang
Weiwei
W
Su
Mamie
M
Hui
Pangchui
P
Shaw
Yulong
Y
Luo
D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002681:China; D056727:Endangered Species; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D029783:Thuja / Q000737:chemistry*; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile