Antitumor Properties of the Essential Oil From the Leaves of Duguetia gardneriana

 

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Abstract

Duguetia gardneriana, popularly known in the Brazilian northeast as “jaquinha”, is a species belonging to the family Annonaceae. The aim of this work was to assess the chemical composition and antitumor properties of the essential oil from the leaves of D. gardneriana in experimental models. The chemical composition of the essential oil was analyzed via gas chromatography-flame ionization detector and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. In vitro cytotoxic activity was determined in cultured tumor cells, and in vivo antitumor activity was assessed in B16-F10-bearing mice. The identified compounds were β-bisabolene (80.99 %), elemicin (8.04 %), germacrene D (4.15 %), and cyperene (2.82 %). The essential oil exhibited a cytotoxic effect, with IC₅₀ values of 16.89, 19.16, 13.08, and 19.33 µg/mL being obtained for B16-F10, HepG2, HL-60, and K562 cell lines, respectively. On the other hand, β-bisabolene was inactive in all of the tested tumor cell lines (showing IC₅₀ values greater than 25 µg/mL). The in vivo analysis revealed tumor growth inhibition rates of 5.37–37.52 % at doses of 40 and 80 mg/kg/day, respectively. Herein, the essential oil from the leaves of D. gardneriana presented β-bisabolene as the major constituent and showed cytotoxic and antitumor potential.

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