Ferreira Almeida Natália, Dos Santos Niculau Edenilson, Cordeiro Toledo Lima Pedro, Ferreira da Silva Wanderson
Center for Integrated Sciences, University Campus of Araguaína, Federal University of Northern Tocantins, Araguaína, Brazil.
Nat Prod Res. 2025 Jul;39(14):3983-3990. doi: 10.1080/14786419.2024.2325595. Epub 2024 Mar 5.
The plant (Cucurbitaceae), popularly known as bitter melon, snake fruit, Saint Vincent's herb, or little melon, is an African species that has developed in tropical and subtropical biomes in various parts of Brazil. The fruit is used in various traditional medicinal applications. The study aimed to identify the compounds of the essential oil of the leaves obtained by hydrodistillation and in the fruit through Solid-Phase Microextraction by headspace mode (HS-SPME) coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The analysis of mature fruits led to the identification of 18 compounds, compared to the hydrodistillation, in which 21 compounds were identified. Benzaldehyde, linalool, and β-cyclocitral were identified in both methods. Linalool was the major compound in both processes. These findings highlight the importance of knowing the chemical composition of organic volatile compounds (VOCs), given the potential for medicinal applications and popular use of plants.
这种植物（葫芦科），俗称苦瓜、蛇果、圣文森特草或小甜瓜，是一种原产于非洲的物种，已在巴西各地的热带和亚热带生物群落中生长。其果实被用于各种传统医学应用。该研究旨在通过水蒸馏法鉴定从叶子中获得的精油成分，并通过顶空模式固相微萃取（HS-SPME）结合气相色谱-质谱联用（GC-MS）鉴定果实中的精油成分。与水蒸馏法鉴定出21种化合物相比，对成熟果实的分析鉴定出了18种化合物。两种方法都鉴定出了苯甲醛、芳樟醇和β-环柠檬醛。芳樟醇是两种方法中的主要化合物。鉴于植物在医学应用和广泛使用方面的潜力，这些发现凸显了了解有机挥发性化合物（VOCs）化学成分的重要性。
