Chemical Composition and Trypanocidal Activity of the Essential Oils from Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig (Zingiberaceae)

Table 2

In  vitro trypanocidal activity of essential oils and major components of  Hedychium  coronarium against Trypanosoma  brucei procyclic forms.

Compounds	T.  brucei (427 strain) μg·mL^−1	T.  brucei (29-13 strain) μg·mL^−1
Essential oil from leaves	>100	>100
Essential oil from rhizomes	>100	>100
1,8-Cineol	>100	>100
Caryophyllene oxide	65.77	24.53
Caryophyllene oxide + pentamidine	<1.0	<1.0
Pentamidine	2.19	2.19