ANGOLA
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Plant part used: Seeds
Origin: Wild harvest
Processing: Steam-distillation
Main compounds: Alpha-pinene 50-70%
Chemotype: N/A
Olfactive experience: Strong turpentine-like olfactive experience, characteristic alpha-pinene olfactive experience
Curiosities: The mopane, Colophospermum mopane is one of the principal trees in the dry regions of Southern Africa.
The aerial parts of the mopane are rich in essential oils that comprise mainly alpha-pinene and limonene, which are presumably responsible for the strong turpentine olfactive experience of the pods.
Porcentaje relativo de cada compuesto del cromatograma presentado de MOPANE
| Compounds | Relative percentage |
| Tricyclene | 0.1 |
| α-Thujene | 0.1 |
| α-Pinene | 58.0 |
| Camphene | 1.4 |
| Thuja-2,4(10)-diene * | 0.3 |
| Sabinene | 0.1 |
| β-Pinene | 1.7 |
| β-Myrcene | 0.2 |
| α-Phellandrene | – |
| α-Terpinene | t |
| p-Cymene | 0.2 |
| 1,8-Cineole | – |
| β-Phellandrene | t |
| Limonene | 2.2 |
| cis-β-Ocimene | t |
| trans-β-Ocimene | – |
| γ-Terpinene | 0.1 |
| 2,5-Dimethyl styrene | t |
| Terpinolene | 0.2 |
| α-Campholenal | 0.1 |
| Camphor | t |
| trans-Pinocarveol | 0.5 |
| cis-Verbenol | t |
| trans-Verbenol | 0.2 |
| Borneol | t |
| Terpinen-4-ol | t |
| Myrtenal | 0.1 |
| α-Terpineol | 0.1 |
| Verbenone | 0.1 |
| trans-Carveol | t |
| Carvone | t |
| α-Cubebene | 1.6 |
| α-Copaene | 1.5 |
| β-Bourbonene | t |
| β-Cubebene | – |
| β-Elemene | 0.2 |
| β-Caryophyllene | 5.5 |
| β-Copaene | – |
| α-Humulene | 0.9 |
| allo-Aromadendrene | – |
| trans-Cadina-1(6),4-diene | – |
| γ-Muurolene | 0.2 |
| Germacreno D | 3.0 |
| β-Selinene | 9.2 |
| Valencene | – |
| Bicyclogermacrene | – |
| α-Muurolene | 0.4 |
| α-trans, trans-Farnesene | |
| γ-Cadinene | 0.6 |
| trans-Calamenene | 1.2 |
| 7-epi-α-Selinene | 1.2 |
| δ-Cadinene | 2.2 |
| Elemol | – |
| cis-3-Hexenyl benzoate | – |
| Spathulenol | – |
| β-Caryophyllene oxide | 0.5 |
| α-Eudesmol | 0.3 |
| Humulene epoxide | – |
| T-Murolol | – |
| α-Muurolol | – |
| α-Cadinol | – |
| Intermedeol | – |
| Grouped components | |
| Monoterpene hydrocarbons 64.6% | |
| Oxygen-containing monoterpenes 1.1% | |
| Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 27.7% | |
| Oxygen-containing sesquiterpenes 0.8% |
| Effect | Route used in the experiment | Source |
| Repellant | In vivo – longer protection time and greater repellence than
D. anomala which was attributed to the presence of essential oils in C. mopane |
[2] |
| Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase as well as antimalarial, and antimicrobial activities (seeds methanol extract) | Antimicrobial tests , Anti- malaria test, radical scavenging test with DPPH
and Acetylcholinesterase inhibition test – effective against E. coli, S. aureus, K. pneumoniae and E. faecalis. |
[3] |
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