Chemical Profile and Antimicrobial Activity of Syagrus oleracea (Mart.) Becc. Oils and Oils Extracted from Speciomerus revoili (Pic.) Larvae

Luciana Helena Veloso; Dario Alves de Oliveira; Cintya Neves de Souza; Francine Souza Alves; Vany Ferraz; Anna Christina de Almeida; Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior; Elytania Veiga Menezes; Murilo Malveira Brandão; Vanessade Andrade Royo

Chemical Profile and Antimicrobial Activity of Syagrus oleracea (Mart.) Becc. Oils and Oils Extracted from Speciomerus revoili (Pic.) Larvae

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Pharmacognosy Research,2023,15,1,71-74.

DOI:10.5530/097484900265

Published:December 2022

Type:Original Article

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Luciana Helena Veloso¹, Dario Alves de Oliveira¹, Cintya Neves de Souza², Francine Souza Alves², Vany Ferraz³, Anna Christina de Almeida², Afrânio Farias de Melo Júnior¹, Elytania Veiga Menezes¹, Murilo Malveira Brandão¹, Vanessade Andrade Royo¹,^*

¹Program of Postgraduate Biotechnology, State University of Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Montes Claros, MG, BRAZIL.

²Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Montes Claros, MG, BRAZIL.

³Department of Chemistry, Chromatography Laboratory, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL.

Abstract:

Background: The antimicrobial effect of oils extracted from Syagrus oleracea (Mart.) to prove the action and obtain data for the future development of therapeutic products. Objectives: The present study was to determine the chemical profile and the antimicrobial potential of oils extracted from Syagrus oleracea (Mart.) Becc. almonds and Speciomerus revoilie (Pic.) larvae to obtain scientific information to prove the action and obtain data for the future development of therapeutic products. Materials and Methods: The separation, identification and quantification of fatty acids in oils extracted from the larvae of S. revoili (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) and almonds of S. oleracea (Arecaceae) were performed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. The determination of antibacterial activity was performed using microdilution in plates. Results: In the oils extracted from S. revoili and S. oleracea, saturated chain fatty acids, the presence of hexanoic acid (only in almonds), and caprylic acid, capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and those of unsaturated chain, oleic acid (omega-9) and linoleic acid (omega-6). S. revoili oil showed satisfactory results against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.