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A total of five terpenes was isolated from the bark resin of Schinus molle L., Anacardiaceae, and their structures were determined by spectroscopic techniques. Among these compounds the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon terebinthene showed significant growth inhibitory activity against human colon carcinoma HCT-116 cells. Furthermore, terebinthene and pinicolic acid (5) also showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633.
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GRMG contributed running the laboratory work, and drafted the paper; LH did the NMR investigations; RWB contributed in collecting plant samples and revised the paper; MLGY and API carriedout biological activity tests and wrote one part of the manuscript.
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Malca-García, G.R., Hennig, L., Ganoza-Yupanqui, M.L. et al. Constituents from the bark resin of Schinus molle. Rev. Bras. Farmacogn. 27, 67–69 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjp.2016.07.004
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