Essential Oils from the Leaves of Eugenia pitanga (O. Berg) Kiaersk. (Myrtaceae) of Paraguay Cultivated in Arizona

References

• Landrum , L. R. and Kawasaki , M. L. 1997 . The genera of Myrtaceae in Brazil: an illustrated synoptic treatment and identification keys . Brittonia , 49 : 508 – 536 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Govaerts , R. , Sobral , M. , Ashton , P. , Barrie , F. , Holst , B. , Landrum , L. , Matsumoto , K. , Nic Lughadha , E. , Mazine , F. , Proenca , C. , Soares Silva , L. , Wilson , P. and Lucas , E. 2008 . World Checklist of Myrtaceae , London, , UK : Kew .
   Google Scholar
• Legrand , C. D. , Klein , R. M. and Eugenia . 1969 . Flora Ilustrada Catarinense [MIRT] , Edited by: Reitz , R. 47 – 216 . Itajaí, , Brazil : Raulino Reitz .
   Google Scholar
• Lorenzi , H. , Bacher , L. , Lacerda , M. and Sartori , S. 2006 . Frutas Brasileiras e Exóticas Cultivadas , São Paulo, , Brazil : Instituto Plantarum de Estudos da Flora Ltda., Nova Odessa .
   Google Scholar
• Berg , O. 1857–1859 . Myrtaceae . Flora Brasiliensis , 14 ( 1 ) : 1 – 655 . Edits., C. F. P. von Martius
   Google Scholar
• Fadeyit , M. O. and Akpan , U. E. 1989 . Antibacterial activities of the leaf extracts of Eugenia uniflora Linn. (Synonym Stenocalyx michellii Linn.) Myrtaceae . Phytother Res , 3 : 154 – 155 .
   Google Scholar
• Holetz , F. B. , Pessini , G. L. , Sanches , N. R. , Cortez , D. A. G. , Nakamura , C. V. and Filho , B. P. D. 2002 . Screening of some plants used in the Brazilian folk medicine for the treatment of infectious disease . Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz , 97 : 1027 – 1031 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lima , E. O. , Compertz , O. F. , Giesbrecht , A. M. and Paulo , M. Q. In vitro antifungal activity of essential oils obtained from officinal plants against dermatophytes . Mycoses , 36 333 – 336 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Hasimoto e Souza , L. K. , Alves de Oliveira , C. M. , Ferri , P. H. , Santos , S. C. , Galdino de Oliveira Júnior , J. , Miranda , A. T. B. , Lião , L. M. and Do Rosário Rodrigues Silva , M. 2002 . Antifungal properties of Brazilian cerrado plants . Braz J Microbiol , 33 : 247 – 249 .
   Google Scholar
• Lee , M.-H. , Chiou , J.-F. , Yen , K.-Y. and Yang , L.-L. 2000 . EBV DNA polymerase inhibition of tannins from Eugenia uniflora . Cancer Lett , 154 : 131 – 126 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Consolini , A. E. , Baldini , O. A. N. and Amat , A. G. 1999 . Pharmacological basis for the empirical use of Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae) as antiyhypertensive . J Ethnopharmacol , 66 : 33 – 39 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Consolini , A. E. and Sarubbio , M. G. 2002 . Pharmacological effcts of Eugenia uniflora (Myrtaceae) aqueious crude extract on rat's heart . J Ethnopharmacol , 81 : 57 – 63 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gbolade , A. A. , Ilesanmi , O. R. and Aladesanmi , A. J. 1996 . The contractile effects of the extracts of Eugenia uniflora isolated rat duodenum . Phytother Res , 10 : 613 – 615 .
   Google Scholar
• Schapoval , E. E. S. , Silveira , S. M. , Miranda , M. L. , Alice , C. B. and Henriques , A. T. 1994 . Evaluation of some pharmacological activities of Eugenia uniflora L . J Ethnopharmacol , 44 : 137 – 142 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Arai , I. , Amagaya , S. , Komatsu , Y. , Okada , M. , Hayashi , T. , Kasai , M. , Arisawa , M. and Momose , Y. 1999 . Improving efffects of the extracts of Eugenia uniflora on hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia in mice . J Ethnopharmacol , 68 : 307 – 314 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Matsumura , T. , Kasai , M. , Hayashi , T. , Arisawa , M. , Momose , Y. , Arai , I. , Amnagaya , S. and Komatsu , Y. 2000 . a-Glucosidase inhibitors from Paraguayan natural medicine, Ñangapiry, the leaves of Eugenia uniflora . Pharm Biol , 38 : 302 – 207 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Apel , M. A. , Sobral , M. , Schapoval , E. E. S. , Henriques , A. T. , Menut , C. and Bessiere , J.-M. 2004 . Essential oils from Eugenia species—Part VII: Sections Phyllocalyx and Stenocalyx . J Essent Oil Res , 16 : 135 – 138 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaiser , H. and Lang , W. 1951 . Ueber die Bestimmung des ätherischen Oels in Drogen . Deutsch. Apotheker-Z./Süddeutsch. Apotheker-Z , 91 : 163 – 166 .
   Google Scholar
• von Rudloff , E. 1969 . Scope and limitations of gas chromatography of terpenes in chemosystematic studies . Rec Adv Phytochem , 2 : 127 – 162 .
   Google Scholar
• Adams , R. P. 2007 . Identification of Essential Oil Components by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy, , 4th Edn , Carol Stream, IL : Allured Publ Corp .
   Google Scholar
• McLafferty , F. W. and Stauffer , D. B. 1989 . The Wiley NBS Registry of Mass Spectral Data, , 2nd Edn , New York : J. Wiley and Sons .
   Google Scholar
• de Morais , S. M. , Craveiro , A. A. , Alencar , J. W. and Abreu Matos , F. J. 1996 . Volatile constituents of Eugenia uniflora leaf oil from northeastern Brazil . J Essent Oil Res , 8 : 449 – 451 .
   Google Scholar
• El-Shabrawy , A. O. 1995 . Essential oil composition and tannin contents of the leaves of Eugenia uniflora L. grown in Egypt . Bull Fac Pharm Cairo Univ , 33 : 17 – 21 .
   Google Scholar
• Melo , R. M. , Corrêa , V. F. S. , Amorim , A. C. L. , Miranda , A. L. P. and Rezende , C. M. 2007 . Identification of impact aroma compounds in Eugenia uniflora L. (Brazilian pitanga) leaf essential oil . J Braz Chem Soc , 18 : 179 – 183 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ogunwande , I. A. , Olawore , N. O. , Ekundayo , O. , Walker , T. M. , Schmidt , J. M. and Setzer , W. N. 2005 . Studies on the essential oils composition, antibacterial and cytotoxicity of Eugenia uniflora L . Intern J Aromatherapy , 15 : 147 – 152 .
   Google Scholar
• Weyerstahl , P. , Marschall-Weyerstahl , H. , Christiansen , C. , Oguntimein , B. O. and Adeoye , A. O. 1988 . Volatile constituents of Eugenia uniflora leaf oil . Pl Med , 54 : 546 – 549 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kanazawa , A. , Patin , A. and Greene , A. E. 2000 . Efficient, highly enantioselective synthesis of selina-1,3,7(11)-trien-8-one, a major component of the essential oil of Eugenia uniflora . J Nat Prod , 63 : 1292 – 1294 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar