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Sandalwood

Brachylaena huillensis O.Hoffm

ANGOLA

CAS No: 91771-37-8

EINECS No: 294-928-5

Species:

Plant part used: Heartwood

Origin: Wild-harvested

Processing: Steam distillation

Main compounds: Gleenol 2-13%, Ylanglenol 7-9%, alpha-amorphene 2-6% e Brachylaenalone 2-12%

Chemotype: N/A

Olfactive experience: Soft, balsamic-woody, somewhat sweet and faintly floral olfactive experience, reminiscent of vetiver, sandalwood and tail-fractions of Atlas cedarwood oil

Curiosities: From an East African Compositae, Brachyleana hutchinsii (= Brachylaena huillensis), produces a rare oil which is steam distilled from the wood of this tree. The tree is known locally in Kenya and Uganda as Muhugwe tree, and the oil is commercially known as Muhuhu Oil. The oil has been known for about 30 years outside East Africa. The specific name ―huillensis‖ implying that the type specimen of the species was collected from the Huíla region in Angola in west Africa.

Essential oil isolated from B. huillensis is recommended for soap, perfumery and as a fixative in perfumery [1].

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Regulatory sheets

Safety data sheet           Technical data sheet

AFRICAN-IMMORTELLE                        AFRICAN-IMMORTELLE

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Chromatographic Analysis

Porcentaje relativo de cada compuesto del cromatograma presentado del SÁNDALO

Compounds Relative percentage
Thymol 0.1
Carvacrol t
Cyclosativene 1.0
α-Ylangene 0.8
α-Copaene 1.0
Sativene 0.2
β-Caryophyllene 0.2
Germacrene D 0.5
cis-4,10- Epoxy amorphene * 1.4
α-Amorphene 6.0
γ-Amorpehne * 0.6
α-Muurolene 1.6
γ-Cadinene 1.2
trans-Calamenene 2.5
δ-Cadinene 3.7
α-Calacorene 4.1
Globulol 0.5
Gleenol * 10.8
β-Oplopenone (= Anhydrooplopanone) 3.7
Unidentified compound 1 4.9
Unidentified compound 2 5.7
T-Cadinol 1.5
α-Cadinol 1.9
Copaen-15-ol * 11.5
Cadalene 4.5
8-Ketocopaenal (= Brachylaenalone A) * 1.7
8-Ketoylangenal (= Brachylaenalone B) * 1.9
Grouped components
Oxygen-containing monoterpenes 0.1%
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons 27.9%
Oxygen-containing sesquiterpenes 34.9%

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Scientific Evidence

Effect Route used in the experiment Source
Antimicrobial activity Paper disc

diffusion method with gentamycin as positive control– effective against Proteus mirabilis, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Micrococcus luteus and

Enterococcus faecalis

 [2]
Antimicrobial activity (methanolic extract) Broth              microdilution method – Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia                 coli, Saccharomyces cereuisiae,             Penicillium chrysogenum,                    Str. matans               and  Bre. ammoniagenes.                 The study           concluded           that ylangenol, a compound containing a methylene instead of carbonyl at C-8, has the strongest

antibacterial activity.

 [3]
Antifungal and antioxidant activity GIBEX Screens-to-nature System and free radical scavenging assay- high activity in the antioxidant tests, with essential oils obtained from stem bark, a low activity for leaf essential oils with regards to antifungal activity and a

moderate     antifungal

 [4]

 

 

 

activty with root bark essential oil.

 

References

  • Maroyi, A. (2020) A Synthesis And Review Of Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry And Biological Activities Of Brachylaena Huillensis O. Hoffm. (Asteraceae). International journal of scientific & technology research volume 9, issue 08, ISSN 2277-8616.
  • Oliva, M., Demo, M., Malele, R., Mutayabarwa, C., Mwangi, J., Hoithi, G., Kibwage, O., Faillaci, S., Scrivanti, R., Lopez, A. and Zygadlo, J. (2003) Essential Oil of Brachylaena hutchinsii Hutch from Tanzania: Antimicrobial Activity and East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 6(2003) 6 1-63.
  • Vieira, Paulo C.; Himejima, Masaki; Kubo, Isao (1991). Sesquiterpenoids from Brachylaena Journal of Natural Products, 54(2), 416–420. doi:10.1021/np50074a011.
  • Omosa, , Amugune, B. , Mutai, P., Karumu, E., Mukungu, N. , Induli, M. , Kama- Kama, F., Kuete, V. (2019) Rapid Screening using GIBEX Screens-to-nature System of Ethnomedicinal Plants from Ngong Forest, Kenya for Potency against Infectious Diseases and Antioxidant Activities. Pharmacogn. Commn. 2019; 9(2):59-74.

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