Research Article

Essential Oils from the Fruits and Leaves of Spondias mombin Linn.: Chemical Composition, Biological Activity, and Molecular Docking Study

Table 9

Comparison of leaf and fruit pulp essential oil composition from different studies.

SourceConstituents (% composition)Location

Leaf essential oils
 Present findingsmethyl salicylate (13.05%), heptacosane (12.69%), caryophyllene (6.77%), octacosane (8.54%), and n-hexadecanoic acid (4.91%)Ghana
 Oladimeji et al. 2016 [18]Beta-caryophyllene (27.875%), gamma-cadinene (12.292%), alpha-humulene (8.074), beta-cadinene (7.785), caryophyllene oxide (6.945)Nigeria
 Ednaldo et al. 2016 [20]Octadecane (43.51), heptacosane (21.98), hexa-triacontane (15.37), Tetracosane (8.62), 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone (6.41)Brazil
 Santos 2017 [21]Phytol (11.10%), caryophyllene (9.21%), δ-cadiene (5.99%), α-humulene (5.25%), α-cadinol (3.51%)Brazil
 Olufunke et al. 2003 [17]β-caryophyllene (19.99%), δ-cadinene (9.07%), α-humulene (6.67%), ℘-muurolene (5.45%), α-gurjunene (4.27%)Nigeria

Fruit essential oils
 Present findings(E)-Ethyl cinnamate (14.06%), benzyl benzoate (12.27%), n-hexadecanoic acid (8.14%), benzoic acid ethyl ester (5.89%), tetracosane (5.30%)Ghana
 Ceva-Antunes et al. 2003 [19]Myrcene (41.1%), â-phellandrene (8.5), ethyl hexanoate (4.9), butyl butyrate (3.9), camphene (2.5)Brazil
 Santos 2017 [21]β-caryophyllene (26.17%), α-humulene (14.65%), (E, E)-α-farnesene (12.13%), α-terpineol (11.24%), α-copaene (4.53%)Brazil