Research Article

GC-MS Profile, Antioxidant Activity, and In Silico Study of the Essential Oil from Schinus molle L. Leaves in the Presence of Mosquito Juvenile Hormone-Binding Protein (mJHBP) from Aedes aegypti

Table 1

Chemical composition of the volatile oil of Schinus molle leaves.

Compound nameRt (min)Molecular formula/molecular mass%LRI ExpLRI RefChemical structureChemical group

Tricyclene13.13C10H16 (136.23)0.49926926Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Alpha-pinene13.65C10H16 (136.23)5.27930932Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Camphene14.58C10H16 (136.23)2.50938946Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Sabinene15.72C10H16 (136.23)0.40973974Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-pinene16.10C10H16 (136.23)1.11976975Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-myrcene16.51C10H16 (136.23)5.94988988Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Alpha-phellandrene17.80C10H16 (136.23)32.6810061006Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Alpha-terpinene18.31C10H16 (136.23)0.2610191020Monoterpene hydrocarbon
o-Cymene18.82C10H14 (136.22)5.5810221022Aromatic monoterpene hydrocarbon
D-Limonene19.16C10H16 (136.23)12.5910271024Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-phellandrene19.32C10H16 (136.23)12.2410291025Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Terpinolene22.65C10H16 (136.23)0.2110821086Monoterpene hydrocarbon
Bornyl acetate36.12C12H20O2 (196.29)0.2012771284Oxygenated monoterpene
Gamma-elemene39.20C15H24 (204.35)0.6816501651Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-elemene42.71C15H24 (204.35)0.7213821389Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-gurjunene43.83C15H24 (204.35)0.3014021409Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-caryophyllene44.60C15H24 (204.35)0.3014161417Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Elixene44.99C15H24 (204.35)0.2614411445Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Humulene46.62C15H24 (204.35)0.3914501452Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Gamma-muurolene47.58C15H24 (204.35)0.2114521451Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Germacrene D47.99C15H24 (204.35)0.3814711480Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Bicyclogermacrene48.77C15H24 (204.35)1.3014921500Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Alpha-muurolene48.83C15H24 (204.35)0.6015091510Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
γ-Cadinene49.66C15H24 (204.35)0.6215141513Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Beta-cadinene49.87C15H24 (204.35)2.9515151522Sesquiterpene hydrocarbon
Shyobunol50.03C15H26O (222.37)1.1115411542Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Unknown I50.27C15H26O (222.37)0.671600n.d.Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Elemol51.48C15H26O (222.37)4.5316101610Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Unknown II52.97C15H26O (222.37)1.131623n.d.Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Viridiflorol53.91C15H26O (222.37)0.3116251627Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Gamma-eudesmol55.59C15H26O (222.37)1.2216361630Oxygenated sesquiterpene
τ-Cadinol55.93C15H26O (222.37)0.6116481652Oxygenated sesquiterpene
τ-Muurolol55.99C15H26O (222.37)1.7116411643Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Delta-cadinol56.08C15H26O (222.37)0.2316551656Oxygenated sesquiterpene
Aromatic monoterpene hydrocarbons5.58%
Monoterpene hydrocarbons73.69%
Oxygenated monoterpenes0.20%
Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons8.71%
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes11.52%
Total identified99.7%

Rt: retention time; n.d.: not determined; LRI Ref: linear retention index obtained from the literature [25]; LRI Exp: linear retention index calculated against n-alkanes C9–C24. aMean of three determinations.