Anti-Inflammatory and Antimicrobial Effects of spp. Essential Oils: A Potential Valuable Use for an Industry Byproduct.

In Brazil, the use of is focused on the production of wood or pulp for the paper industry but without any general recovery of waste, with leaves and branches being left on the ground. One possibility is to use these residues as raw materials in the production of industrially relevant and value-added compounds such as essential oil. The aim of the present study was to investigate the chemical composition, yield, anti-inflammatory/antinociceptive activities, and acute toxicity in mice, as well as the antimicrobial effects of essential oils from the leaves of 7 varieties of and hybrids against , and .