Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm.
Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in the world because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil types and climates, as well as for its many industrial, commercial and medicinal uses. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. is a plantation species frequently planted in semi-arid and ari...
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| author | Sonia Ben RABEH Kaouther Ben YAHIA Samir DHAHRI Souda BELAÏD Imen CHEMLALI Chokri Ben ROMDHANE Mehrez ROMDHANE Ezzeddine SAADAOUI |
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Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in the world because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil types and climates, as well as for its many industrial, commercial and medicinal uses. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. is a plantation species frequently planted in semi-arid and arid regions for its ecological, forestry, ornamental and melliferous interests. Based on literature, drought tolerance of this species was mostly directed to adaptation mechanisms. Physiological investigations reveal the importance of stomatal closure and increased solute contents suggesting that osmotic adjustment is one of the main responses to drought in E. torquata. On the other hand, it showed low sensitivity to salt stress. This paper also highlights the immense benefits of E. torquata which contains essential oils with variable chemical composition and rich essentially in 1,8-cineole, torquatone, α-pinene, trans-myrtanol, α-eudesmol, β-eudesmol, globulol, trans-pinocarveol and aromadendrene. These oils, as well as the methanol and aqueous extracts possess a wide variety of bioactivities of great importance which are particularly valuable as antibacterial and antifungal agents also have a strong toxicity against insects and mites in addition to antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects against different types of cancer cells.
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| spelling | doaj.art-949133a9b16940da873617640e64a4bf2023-06-29T18:23:23ZengSociety of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania (SMTCT)Notulae Scientia Biologicae2067-32642023-06-0115210.55779/nsb15211502Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm.Sonia Ben RABEH0Kaouther Ben YAHIA1Samir DHAHRI2Souda BELAÏD3Imen CHEMLALI4Chokri Ben ROMDHANE5Mehrez ROMDHANE6Ezzeddine SAADAOUI7University of Gabes, Faculty of Science Gabes, Gabes; University of Gabes, National Engineering School of Gabes, Laboratory of Energy, Water, Environment and Processes, GabesUniversity of Carthage, I National Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry (INRGREF), LEFUniversity of Carthage, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry (INRGREF), LGVRFUniversity of Gabes, Faculty of Science Gabes, Gabes; University of Gabes, National Engineering School of Gabes, Laboratory of Energy, Water, Environment and Processes, GabesUniversity of Gabes, Faculty of Science Gabes, Gabes; University of Gabes, National Engineering School of Gabes, Laboratory of Energy, Water, Environment and Processes, GabesUniversity of Carthage, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry (INRGREF), LGVRFUniversity of Gabes, National Engineering School of Gabes, Laboratory of Energy, Water, Environment and Processes, GabesUniversity of Carthage, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry (INRGREF), LGVRF Eucalyptus has become one of the most widely planted genera in the world because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil types and climates, as well as for its many industrial, commercial and medicinal uses. Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. is a plantation species frequently planted in semi-arid and arid regions for its ecological, forestry, ornamental and melliferous interests. Based on literature, drought tolerance of this species was mostly directed to adaptation mechanisms. Physiological investigations reveal the importance of stomatal closure and increased solute contents suggesting that osmotic adjustment is one of the main responses to drought in E. torquata. On the other hand, it showed low sensitivity to salt stress. This paper also highlights the immense benefits of E. torquata which contains essential oils with variable chemical composition and rich essentially in 1,8-cineole, torquatone, α-pinene, trans-myrtanol, α-eudesmol, β-eudesmol, globulol, trans-pinocarveol and aromadendrene. These oils, as well as the methanol and aqueous extracts possess a wide variety of bioactivities of great importance which are particularly valuable as antibacterial and antifungal agents also have a strong toxicity against insects and mites in addition to antiproliferative and cytotoxic effects against different types of cancer cells. https://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/11502biological activitieschemical compositioncoral gumessential oilEucalyptus |
| spellingShingle | Sonia Ben RABEH Kaouther Ben YAHIA Samir DHAHRI Souda BELAÏD Imen CHEMLALI Chokri Ben ROMDHANE Mehrez ROMDHANE Ezzeddine SAADAOUI Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. Notulae Scientia Biologicae biological activities chemical composition coral gum essential oil Eucalyptus |
| title | Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. |
| title_full | Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. |
| title_fullStr | Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. |
| title_short | Environmental stress tolerance, hydro-distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of Eucalyptus torquata Luehm. |
| title_sort | environmental stress tolerance hydro distilled essential oils characteristics and biological activities of eucalyptus torquata luehm |
| topic | biological activities chemical composition coral gum essential oil Eucalyptus |
| url | https://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/11502 |
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