Review Article

Active Essential Oils and Their Components in Use against Neglected Diseases and Arboviruses

Table 2

Active and inactive isolated compounds and/or synthesized derivatives from EOs actives against Leishmania species.

ClassesName and/or chemical structure of isolated or synthesized compoundActivity (IC50)/Leishmania specie (evolutive form)SIRef.

Monoterpene hydrocarbon3-Carene (119)72.5 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
p-Cymene (11)>1000 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
α-Pinene (118)19.7 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
16.1 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (axenic amastigote)
15.6 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (intracellular amastigote)
21.5 for promastigote, 26.4 for axenic amastigote, and 27.2 for intracellular amastigote[169]

Oxygenated monoterpeneCarvacrol (10)25.4 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
Thymol (1)26.8 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
9.8 μg.mL−1/L. chagasi (promastigote)
nd[187, 200]
(−)-Carvone (13)194.7 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
(−)-Menthol (130)198.9 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
1,8-Cineole (124)568.1 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]
Linalool (3)550 μg.mL−1/L. infantum chagasi (axenic amastigote)
276.2 μg.mL−1 or 8.3 ng.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
15.5 ng.mL−1/L. amazonensis (amastigote)
nd[162] [187] [166]
Citral (63)8.0 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)
25.0 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (amastigotes)
6.3 for promastigote and 2.0 for amastigote[167]
Geraniol (9)3.78 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
5.57 μg.mL−1/L. major (promastigote)
21.26 for L. infantum
14.43 for L. major
[174]
Camphor (14)5.55 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
7.90 μg.mL−1/L. major (promastigote)
4.56 for L. infantum
3.20 for L. major
[174]
Carvacrol (10)7.35 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
9.15 μg.mL−1/L. major (promastigotes)
2.3 μg.mL−1/L. chagasi (promastigote)
34.08 for L. infantum and
27.37 for L. major
[174, 200]
Ascaridole (37)0.1 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
0.3 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (amastigote)
4.0[64]

Oxygenated sesquiterpene(−)-α-Bisabolol (165)10.99 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
4.95 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
9.38 for L. amazonensis[183, 185]
Caryophyllene Oxide (38)4.9 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
13.6 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (amastigote)
1.0[64]
β-Caryophyllene (22)1.3 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (amastigote)
1.06 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
1.33 μg.mL−1/L. major (promastigote)
48.9 for L. amazonensis, 20.82 for L. infantum, and 16.59 for L. major[174]

Phenolic compoundsEugenol (2)220 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigote)
500 μg.mL−1/L. infantum chagasi (axenic amastigote)
82.9 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)
nd[166, 187]

PhenylpropanoidIsoborneol (179)
190.2 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)nd[187]

Diterpene6,7-Dehydroroyleanone (167)μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigote)0.22[192]

Others8.75 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)>45.71[186]
10.49 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)>38.13[186]
4.71 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)>84.92[186]
11.40 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]
10.56 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]
5.91 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]
18.08 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]
22.30 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]
13.60 μg.mL−1/L. amazonensis (promastigotes)nd[186]

5-[(3E)-Oct-3-en-1-il]-1,3-benzodioxole
82.5 μg.mL−1/L. infantum (promastigotes)2.4[186]

nd: not determined.