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Ageratum conyzoides L. - syn.Ageratum ciliare Lour.; Ageratum cordifolium L.; Cacalia mentrasto Vell; Eupatorium conyzoides (L.) E.H.L. Krause. - Asteraceae
goatweed, mentrasto (port.)

Annual herb, up to 1m high, native to tropics,subtropics (America, Africa, Asia); stem pubescent; leaves opposite, crenate; flowers blue to lilac, 4-8mm across.

„The essential oils isolated from the leaves of Ageratum houstonianum Mill, and Ageratum conyzoides L. by hydrodistillation were analysed by GLC and GC-MS. The essential oil of A. houstonianum contained 7-methoxy-2,2-dimethylchromene (precocene I) and ageratochromene (precocene II) in almost similar amounts (32% and 24% respectively) whereas that of A. conyzoides was rich in precocene I (81%) and poor in precocene II (0.2%).“
[Aromatic plants of tropical central Africa. Part X Chemical composition of the essential oils of Ageratum houstonianum Mill. and Ageratum conyzoides L. from Cameroon., Menut, C., Lamaty, G., Zollo, P.H., Kuiate, J.R., Bessiere, J.M., Flavour and fragrance journal, Vol.8(1), 1993, 1-4]

precocene I (R=H) and precocene II (R=OCH3)

„Inhibitory effects of essential oil of Ageratum conyzoides, on the mycelial growth and aflatoxin B1 production by Aspergillus flavus were studied. Cultures were incubated in yeast extract-sucrose (YES) broth for days at 25 °C at the following different concentrations of the essential oil (from 0.0 to 30 μg/mL). The essential oil inhibited fungal growth to different extents depending on the concentration, and completely inhibited aflatoxin production at concentrations above 0.10 µg/mL. The analysis of the oil by GC/MS showed that its main components are precocene II (46.35%), precocene I (42.78%), cumarine (5.01%) and trans-caryophyllene (3.02%). Comparison by transmission electron microscopy of the fungal cells, control and those incubated with different concentrations of essential oil, showed ultra-structural changes which were concentration dependent of the essential oil of A. conyzoides. Such ultra-structural changes were more evident in the endomembrane system, affecting mainly the mitochondria. Degradation was also observed in both surrounding fibrils.“

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Hooker, W.J., Exotic Flora, vol.1, t.15 (1823)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=29376

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