Géneros aromáticos con mayor producción de compuestos con usos en la fabricación o síntesis de medicamentos

Abstract

Abstract: Aromatic genera comprise plant species with volatile metabolites of interest for the manufacture and synthesis of medicines, although information on their compounds is often scattered across different publications. A review of scientific studies related to aromatic genera that exhibit the highest production of compounds used in the manufacture or synthesis of medicines was conducted to compile organized information on these compounds and their recorded use in the pharmaceutical field. The study was performed using narrative synthesis of 4,810 articles selected from Scopus, distributed among the most representative genera such as Origanum (763 studies, carvacrol), Syzygium (695 studies, eugenol), and Lavandula (666 studies, linalool), from families such as Lamiaceae, Myrtaceae, and Rutaceae. It was found that a small group of families concentrated most of the articles, that the compounds were grouped into monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoids with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activity, and that several of them, including eugenol, menthol, camphor, anethole and limonene, already have registered uses in medicines and health products.