Artisanal Extraction and Traditional Knowledge Associated with Medicinal Use of Crabwood Oil (Carapa guianensis Aublet.) in a Peri-Urban Várzea Environment in the Amazon Estuary

Table 3

Studies presenting limonoids that are components of crabwood oil. “X” indicates the presence of that chemical component in the results of the study and “—” indicates the absence.

Publications

Origin of the oil

Methyl angolensate

7-Deacetoxy-7-oxogedunin

7-Deacetylgedunin

6a-Acetoxygedunin

Gedunin

Andirobin

1,2-Dihydro-3b-hydroxy-7-deacetoxy-7-oxogedunin

6-Hydroxy-methyl angolensate

17-Hydroxyazadiradione

Xyloccensin k

6α-Acetoxy-7-deacetilgedunin (pericarp)

Methyl angolensate (pericarp)

Ambrozin et al. (2006) [35]

Commercial oil bought in Belém city, state of Pará, Brazil

X

X

—

X

X

—

X

—

X

X

—

—

da Silva et al. (2009) [43]

Extracted by solvent

X

X

X

X

X

X

—

—

—

—

—

—

Miranda Júnior et al. (2012) [42]

Artisanal oil obtained in the lab from doughs produced in Alto Tocantins

—

X

X

X

X

X

X

—

—

—

—

—

Silva et al. (2012) [44]

Extracted by solvent and isolated from the pericarp

—

X

X

X

—

—

—

X

—

—

X

X