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Table 4 Some phytochemical constituents of in vitro shoots and calli of Juniperus procera detected by GC-MS and their biological activity

From: Mass propagation of Juniperus procera Hoechst. Ex Endl. From seedling and screening of bioactive compounds in shoot and callus extract

Shoot-Compounds

RT (min)

Activity

Callus - compounds

RT (min)

Activity

Cyclononasiloxane

27.214–31.660

Antibacterial [45]

2,4,6-Cycloheptatrien-1-one

18.406

Bacteriostatic and bactericidal [46]

S-Indacene-1,7-dione

33.548

Antifungal [47]

1H-Cycloprop [e]azulene

21.259

Analgesic and anti-inflammatory [48]

Perylene

34.252

Potentially mutagenic and carcinogenic [49, 50]

1H-Benzocycloheptene

21.259

Anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial [51]

Benzoic acid

35.813

Antimicrobial [52],

ant hepatotoxic [53] and fungitoxic [54]

Cyclononasiloxane

27.214

Antibacterial [45]

1Phenanthrenecarboxaldehyde

36.677

Antimicrobial [55]

Kaur-16-ene

30.905

Anti-inflammatory [47]

Retinol

36.677

Photoaging and dermatologic disorders [56,57,58]

Podocarpa-6,8,11,13-tetraen-12-ol

30.905

Algicidal [59]

2-Phenanthrenol

38.891

Antimicrobial [60]

Phenanthrene

33.548

Anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antimicrobial,cytotoxic, antiplatelet aggregation and phytotoxic [61,62,63,64]

n-Octanoic acid

39.118

Anti-inflammatory and anti-seizure [65]

S-Indacene-1,7-dione

33.548

Antibacterial [60]

Ferruginol

39.227–39.865

Antibacterial, antimalarial and antitumoral [62,63,64]

Adipic acid

34.009

a precursor for Nylon-6, and 6 polymer [61]

Prasterone

40.091

vulvovaginal atrophy treated [62]

Desomorphine

36.677

Analgesic [63]

n-Nonadecanoic acid

40.586

Antimicrobial [64]

Benz [c]acridine,

38.254

Antibacterial [69, 70]

9(1H)-Phenanthrenone

41.02

Antifungal [71]

Acetamide

38.254

Antifungal [71], Anti-inflammatory and analgesic [72]

2,6-Phenanthrenediol

42.507

Antimicrobial [73]

Podocarpa-8,11,13-triene

38.480

Anti-inflammatory [74]

Quinolone

43.329

Antibiotic [71, 72, 75]

Phenanthrenol

38.480

Drug precursor [76]

 

Fluorophenol

38.623

antibacterial [77]

Ferruginol

39.277–39.865

Antibacterial, antimalarial and antitumor [66,67,68]

2-Phenanthrenol

39.277

antimicrobial [60]

Acetamide

39.705

Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic [78]

Benzene(1-nitro-4-(phenylmethyl)

39.865

inhibitor [78]

Cyclopenta

40.527

Antitumor [79]

9(1H)-Phenanthrenone

41.039

anti-inflammatory [80]