Males of Euglossa cordata and Eulaema nigrita demonstrated a preference of
cineol (326 and 55 individuals, respectively) as also observed in other surveys in the Atlantic Forest (Rocha-Filho and Garofalo, 2014).
Melaleuca alternifolia is composed of terpinene-4-ol (42%), gamma terpinene (23%), alpha terpinene (11%) and
cineol (2%).
O genero Hyptis e composto basicamente de monoterpenos e sesquiterpenos, corroborando com resultados de Araujo e colaboradores que identificou no oleo essencial de Hyptis martiusii (OEHM) terpenos, dentre outros constituintes, bem como Oliveira e colaboradores que expressou em seu estudo a presenca de 1,8
cineol e o [delta]-3-careno, componentes majoritarios com atividade contra bacterias resistentes.
officinalis 1.8
cineol and this major component is often used by the pharmaceutical industry; it is also considered useful for the treatment of bronchitis, sinusitis, and rheumatism.
Other compounds include a colorless essence consisting of terpenes and
cineol. It should be noted that the smell of saffron is related to these materials.
showed the presence of Zingibrene and geranial as the main constituents with 37,58% and 38,96% respectively, followed by b-myrcene (5,9%), 2,3 dehydro-1,8 -cineol (0,08%), 1,8-
cineol, limonene (0,56%), p-cimene (0,08%), linaloo (1,50%) citonellel (0,57%), 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one (3,16%), dehydro-p-cymene (0,36%), nerol/geraniol (0,05%), geraic acid (0,02%), 2,2- di-me-7- methoxy-benzo-pyon (0,22%), 2-tridecanone (0,45%).
By the process of steam distillation an essential oil is obtained (5.8%) from rhizomes having compounds borneol (0.5%),
cineol (1%), sabinene (0.6%), sesquiterpenes (53%), zingiberene (25%) and a-phellandrene (1%).
The major constituents of the oil are linalool, linalyl acetate,
cineol, pinene, limonene, geranial, borneol and some tannin [5].