β - Cariofileno no óleo volátil da espécies Cannabis Sativa L.: revisão sistemática

Abstract

Plants have been used to treat human diseases since the earliest civilizations. It was only by the end of the 18th century that a solid scientific approach to the study of plant secondary metabolites became feasible. In the literature, numerous studies have reported pharmacological activities such as analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, fungicidal, bactericidal, and antimalarial of volatile oils extracted from various medicinal plant species belonging to different botanical families, including Rutaceae, Moraceae, Lauraceae, Papilionoideae, Leguminosae, Cannabaceae, among others. This study aimed to investigate the major chemical compounds present in the volatile oil (OV) extracted by hydrodistillation from different parts of the Cannabis sativa L. plant (leaf, root, and flower). Searches were conducted in the scientific literature databases Web of Science, Scielo, Scopus, and Google Scholar, covering studies published between 2000 and 2021, in order to describe the chemical profile of the volatile oils (OV) found in Cannabis sativa L. The study presents different types of chemical compounds identified in the OV of C. sativa L. and highlights the main major constituents. Thus, this work describes the process of volatile oil (OV) extraction from the plant and the analysis of its chemical profile, allowing the identification of the predominant compounds present in the oil.