Chemical diversity of accessions of the in vivo germplasm bank of Varronia curassavica (Jacq.)

Túlio Barroso Queiroz; Francine Souza Alves da  Fonseca; Aretusa Daniela Resende  Mendes; Alcinei Mistico  Azevedo; Ernane Ronie Martins

doi:10.4025/actasciagron.v42i1.42726

Túlio Barroso Queiroz Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-1225
Francine Souza Alves da Fonseca Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Aretusa Daniela Resende Mendes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Alcinei Mistico Azevedo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Ernane Ronie Martins Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4025/actasciagron.v42i1.42726

Abstract

Varronia curassavica (Jacq.) is a shrub and perennial plant native to Brazil that has therapeutic, anti-inflammatory and cicatrizing properties. The objective of this work was to study the chemical diversity of the native populations of this species maintained in the in vivo germplasm bank from Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The essential oils of 10 accessions analyzed in triplicate were obtained by hydrodistillation. Fifty-five compounds were detected, 46 of which were identified by GC-MS analysis. Essential oil yield ranged from 0.1 (VC-9) to 1.22% (VC-3) among the studied accessions. Three groups were formed by cluster analysis. Group A presented lower relative abundance of the compounds α-humulene (1.4%) and β-caryophyllene (8.5%). Conversely, in Group B, the most abundant compound was α-humulene (31.6%). Group C, with the greatest number of accessions, presented values of up to 6.1 and 41.2% for α-humulene and β-caryophyllene, respectively. Only two accessions (VC-1 and VC-5) presented α-humulene content lower than that recommended for phytotherapeutic production. These results, along with consolidating breeding programs, contribute to the conservation of the species.

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