Phytochemical Study of the Ecuadorian Species Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling and High Antifungal Activity of Carnosol against Pyricularia oryzae

• Main Authors: Jorge Ramírez (Author), Gianluca Gilardoni (Author), Erika Ramón (Author), Solveig Tosi (Author), Anna Maria Picco (Author), Carlo Bicchi (Author), Giovanni Vidari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The plant Lepechinia mutica (Benth.) Epling (family Lamiaceae) is endemic to Ecuador. In the present study, we report some major non-volatile secondary metabolites from the leaves and the chemistry of the essential oil distilled from the flowers. The main identified compounds were carnosol, viridifl...