title: Chemical characterization of volatile compounds of Lantana camara L. and L. radula Sw. and their antifungal activity.
abstract: A comparative study of the chemical composition of essential oils of two very similar species of the Verbenaceae family (Lantana camara and L. radula) revealed that the main components of essential oil of L. camara were germacrene-D (19.8%) and E-caryophyllene (19.7%), while those of L. radula were E-caryophyllene (25.3%), phytol (29.2%) and E-nerolidol (19.0%). We have hypothesized that the observed differences could contribute to the differentiated reaction of the two species of Lantana to the attack of the phytopathogenic fungi Corynespora cassiicola. An experiment, involving C. cassiicola cultivation in culture media containing volatile oils of the two species demonstrated that the oils of L. radula were more fungistatic than the oils of L. camara, in accordance with the in vivo observations. It is likely that E-nerolidol and phytol, only found in the oil of L. radula, play a significant role in the effects of L. radula on C. cassiicola.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Vicosa, Av. P. H. Rolfs, s/n, 36570-000, Vicosa, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Lanna
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Passos
authors.forename: Luiz Claudio Almeida
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Antonio Jacinto
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Demuner
authors.forename: Elson Santiago
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Alvarenga
authors.forename: Cleiton Moreira
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Robert Weingart
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Barreto
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D032410:Lantana / Q000737:chemistry*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile