TABLE III. Trichomonacidal activity of Artemisia absinthiumvapour pressure (VP) essential oil (T2-11), fractions VLC1-VLC9,trans-caryophyllene and (-)-cis-chrysanthenol.
| VP, fractions and compounds | Concentration
(µg/mL) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 250 | 100 | 75 | 37.5 | 18.75 | |
| VP T2-11 | 99.1 ± 0.4 | 87.4 ± 1.3 | 53.7 ± 0.5 | 51.7 ± 3.3 | 14.5 ± 2.4 | 0.8 ± 1.2 |
| VLC1 | 99.3 ± 0.2 | 98.8 ± 0.2 | 81.6 ± 0.2 | 47.6 ± 3.8 | 10.3 ± 2.0 | 0.4 ± 0.5 |
| VLC2 | 100 ± 0.0 | 44.3 ± 5.6 | 11.8 ± 4.0 | 2.7 ± 3.9 | 1.2 ± 1.7 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC3 | 35.5 ± 0.1 | 12.2 ± 2.9 | 10.3 ± 2.0 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 1.0 ± 1.4 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC4 | 99.5 ± 0.1 | 99.4 ± 0.1 | 39.1 ± 0.2 | 27.0 ± 3.2 | 4.0 ± 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC5 | 99.3 ± 0.4 | 43.3 ± 2.6 | 2.4 ± 3.4 | 3.7 ± 5.3 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC6 | 71.6 ± 1.3 | 36.5 ± 1.8 | 4.7 ± 6.6 | 2.5 ± 3.6 | 0.4 ± 0.6 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC7 | 100.0 ± 0.0 | 47.9 ± 4.3 | 27.0 ± 6.8 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC8 | 99.9 ± 0.6 | 92.2 ± 0.1 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
| VLC9 | 4.7 ± 6.7 | 1.7 ± 2.5 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 1.7 ± 2.4 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.5 ± 0.7 |
| trans-caryophyllene (8) | 100.0 ± 0.0 | 99.0 ± 0.2 | 80.3 ± 7.3 | 53.7 ± 2.2 | 34.3 ± 6.0 | 19.9 ± 8.5 |
| (-)-cis-chrysanthenol (4) | 100.0 ± 0.0 | 96.3 ± 1.4 | 54.5 ± 5.9 | 45.4 ± 2.5 | 40.9 ± 0.8 | 2.1 ± 0.8 |
data are expressed as percentage of growth inhibition ± standard deviation