Terpenes in Essential Oils: Bioactivity And Aplications

Paco Fernando Noriega Rivera

Terpenes in Essential Oils: Bioactivity And Aplications

Paco Fernando Noriega Rivera

Grupo de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas a los Recursos Biológicos (GIDCARB)

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Abstract

Los metabolitos secundarios de los organismos vegetales siempre han sido excelentes opciones para las industrias farmacéutica, cosmética y alimentaria. Los aceites esenciales son un tipo de metabolitos que se encuentran en los vegetales, y su composición química es diversa; sin embargo, los monoterpenos y sesquiterpenos están dentro de las moléculas más abundantes. Estos terpenos tienen una composición química diversa que va desde una molécula simple con carbono e hidrógeno hasta moléculas más complejas con grupos orgánicos oxigenados, como alcoholes, aldehídos, cetonas y éteres. Muchas de estas moléculas con 10 y 15 átomos de carbono tienen una actividad biológica especialmente importante, siendo importantes los antimicrobianos, antifúngicos, antioxidantes, antiinflamatorios, insecticidas, analgésicos, anticancerígenos, citotóxicos, entre otros. Algunas de estas sustancias son potencialmente tóxicas, por lo que deben ser manejadas con precaución, especialmente cuando son puras. Se obtienen fácilmente por diferentes métodos, y su valor industrial crece cada año, con un mercado de varios millones de dólares. Este capítulo pretende ofrecer un mejor conocimiento de este tipo de moléculas bioactivas, con énfasis en aquellas cuya información es notable en la literatura científica y cuyo valor para la salud y el bienestar humano las hace extremadamente importantes.

Translated title of the contribution	Terpenos en Aceites Esenciales: Bioactividad y Aplicaciones
Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Terpenes and Terpenoids, Recent Advances
Publisher	IntechOpen Ltd
Pages	4-13
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-83881-917-0
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2021

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