< ModL oleum cinae (oil of wormwood), with transposition of constituents
cineole in American English
(ˈsɪniˌoul)
noun
Chemistry & Pharmacology
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C10H18O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant
Also: cineol (ˈsɪniˌɔl, -ˌɑl). Also called: cajeputol, cajuputol, eucalyptol
Word origin
[alter. of NL oleum cinae, equiv. to oleum oil + gen. sing. of cina wormseed]
Examples of 'cineole' in a sentence
cineole
Results showed existence of two chimiotypes in the species (cineole and sabinene).
Marcelo Rossato, Ana Cristina Atti dos Santos, Luciana Atti Serafini, Fabiana Agostini,Marcia Regina Pansera, Ronaldo Wasum, Rosa Lia Barbieri 2006, 'Avaliação do óleo essencial de Aloysia sellowii (Briquet) moldenke (Verbenaceae) doSul do Brasil Evaluation of the essential oil of Aloysia sellowii (Briquet) moldenke(Verbenaceae) from South Brazil', Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000200004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The major compound 1,8-cineole showed no larvicidal activity.
GISELE L. OLIVEIRA, SHEILA K. CARDOSO, CELIO R. LARA JUNIOR, THALLYTA M. VIEIRA, ELSIEF. GUIMARAES, LOURDES S. FIGUEIREDO, ERNANE R. MARTINS, DAVYSON L. MOREIRA, MARIAAUXILIADORA C. KAPLAN 2013, 'Chemical study and larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti of essential oil of Piperaduncum L. (Piperaceae)', Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciênciashttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000401227&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A linear relationship exists between cineole concentration and its enhancement effects.
Hamid Reza Moghimi, Farshad H. Shirazi, Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, Mohammad Ali Oghabian,Mostafa Saffari, Jafar Sojoudi 2015, 'In Vitro and In Vivo Enhancement of Antitumoral Activity of Liposomal Antisense Oligonucleotidesby Cineole as a Chemical Penetration Enhancer', Journal of Nanomaterialshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/967473. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The major constituents were: 1,8-cineole and β-eudesmol.
Karima Bel Hadj Salah-Fatnassi, Faten Hassayoun, Imed Cheraif, Saba Khan, Hichem BenJannet, Mohamed Hammami, Mahjoub Aouni, Fethia Harzallah-Skhiri 2017, 'Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activities of flowerhead and rootessential oils of Santolina chamaecyparissus L., growing wild in Tunisia', Saudi Journal of Biological Scienceshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X16300018. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A high 1,8-cineole and camphor content determines antimicrobial properties of the plants.
Ivashchenko Iryna Vіctorovna 2015, 'FUNGICIDAL PROPERTIES OF ARTEMISIA AROMATIC PLANTS TOWARDS FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM', Bìologìčnij Vìsnik Melìtopolʹsʹkogo Deržavnogo Pedagogìčnogo Universitetu Imenì BogdanaHmelʹnicʹkogohttp://ojs.mdpu.org.ua/index.php/biol/article/view/1012/1038. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Male bees were attracted to cineole, vanillin, methyl salicylate, and eugenol.
SILVA F. S., REBÊLO J. M. M. 2002, 'Population dynamics of Euglossinae bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an early second-growthforest of Cajual Island, in the State of Maranhão, Brazil', Brazilian Journal of Biologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842002000100003. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The oxygenated monoterpene 1,8-cineole was the major constituent followed by isoborneol and bornyl acetate.
Sandra Ribeiro de Morais, Thiago Levi Silva Oliveira, Maria Teresa Freitas Bara, EdemilsonCardoso da Conceição, Maria Helena Rezende, Pedro Henrique Ferri, José Realino dePaula 2012, 'Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil from Lippia sidoides Cham. (Verbenaceae) LeavesCultivated in Hidrolândia, Goiás, Brazil', International Journal of Analytical Chemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/363919. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The main constituents determined by gas chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometrywere limonene, p-cineole, and o-cymene.
Mitra Mobin, Sidney G. de Lima, Lorena T. G. Almeida, José C. Silva Filho, MárcioS. Rocha, Aldeídia P. Oliveira, Marcelo B. Mendes, Fernando A. A. Carvalho, MarciaS. C. Melhem, José G. M. Costa 2017, 'Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry Analysis and Vasorelaxant Effectof Essential Oil from Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March.', BioMed Research Internationalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1928171. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Monoterpenes were the main compounds found (53.9%), and 1,8-cineole was the majorconstituent (38.4%).
Luis A.C. Tietbohl, Tarlile Barbosa, Caio P. Fernandes, Marcelo G. Santos, FranciscoP. Machado, Karolina T. Santos, Cicero B. Mello, Humberto P. Araújo, Marcelo S. Gonzalez,Denise Feder, Leandro Rocha 2014, 'Laboratory evaluation of the effects of essential oil of Myrciaria floribunda leaveson the development of Dysdercus peruvianus and Oncopeltus fasciatus', Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosiahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0102695X14000337. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Moreover, 1,8-cineole downregulated collagen 1a1 expression and improved liver fibrosis.
Soichiro Murata, Koichi Ogawa, Takashi Matsuzaka, Mitsuru Chiba, Ken Nakayama, KenichiIwasaki, Tomohiro Kurokawa, Naoki Sano, Tomohito Tanoi, Nobuhiro Ohkohchi 2015, '1,8-Cineole Ameliorates Steatosis of Pten Liver Specific KO Mice via Akt Inactivation',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttp://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/6/12051. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)