Essential Oil of Deverra tortuosa Aerial Parts: Detailed Chemical Profile, Allelopathic, Antimicrobial, and Antioxidant Activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman M. Fayed ◽  
Ahmed M. Abd‐EIGawad ◽  
Abdelsamed I. Elshamy ◽  
El‐Sayed F. El‐Halawany ◽  
Yasser A. EI‐Amier
Author(s):  
Abdelsamed Elshamy ◽  
Ahmed F. Essa ◽  
Seham S. El-Hawary ◽  
Ahmed M. Abd El Gawad ◽  
Tahia M. Kubacy ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Joshi

The aim of present study was, to investigate the essential oil of Craniotome furcata for its antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. The essential oil was obtained by steam distillation of the flowering aerial parts of C. furcata. The oil was tested for its antimicrobial activity in vitro against four Gram-positive, four Gram-negative bacteria and three fungi, by using disk diffusion and tube dilution methods. The antioxidant potential of the essential oil was investigated by two different models DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical cation scavenging. The essential oil was effective against all the tested microorganisms, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranged from 4.11±1.44 to 0.30±0.10 mg/ml. The oil showed antioxidant activity in DPPH free radical and ABTS free radical cation scavenging model. The results of this study revealed that the essential oil of C. furcata possesses antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.


2015 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ouakouak ◽  
M. Chohra ◽  
M. Denane

Aerial parts of Mentha pulegium L. collected from south east of Algeria (Reguiba, El-Oued) possessed an essential oil in 2.34% (v/w) yield. GC and GC-MS analysis of the oil revealed recognition of Thirty-seven compounds, representing 95.02% (area percent) of the total oil composition. Oil was rich in Oxygenated hydrocarbons, exhibited higher percentage of Pulegone (46.31%) followed by Piperitenone (23.3%), Menthone (6.2%) and Limonene (4.7%). The antioxidant activity by DPPH free radical scavenging bioassay (IC50 = 157 µl/ml).


2016 ◽  
Vol 71 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohaddese Mahboubi ◽  
Elaheh Mahdizadeh ◽  
Rezvan Heidary Tabar

Abstract The purpose of our study was to compare the chemical compositions and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Pycnocycla spinosa and Pycnocycla flabellifolia essential oils. cis-Asarone (62.5%) and widdra-2,4(14)-diene (9%) were the main components of P. spinosa aerial part essential oil, while elemicin (60.1%) and caryophyllene oxide (9.8%) were the main components of P. spinosa seed essential oil. α-Phellandrene (25.5%), p-cymene (15.3%), and limonene (13.3%) were found in P. flabellifolia essential oil. The inhibition zone diameters for P. flabellifolia essential oil were significantly higher than for the two other essential oils from P. spinosa (p<0.05). In broth dilution assay (µL/mL), the sensitive microorganism to Pycnocycla sp. (P. spinosa, P. flabellifolia) was Aspergillus niger, followed by Candida albicans. In 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) system, P. spinosa aerial parts essential oil (IC50=548 µg/mL) had higher antioxidant activity than that of two other essential oils.


Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Sandra Espinosa ◽  
Nicole Bec ◽  
Christian Larroque ◽  
Jorge Ramírez ◽  
Barbara Sgorbini ◽  
...  

A novel chemical profile essential oil, distilled from the aerial parts of Clinopodium taxifolium (Kunth) Govaerts (Lamiaceae), was analysed by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS, qualitative analysis) and Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID, quantitative analysis), with both polar and non-polar stationary phase columns. The chemical composition mostly consisted of sesquiterpenes and sesquiterpenoids (>70%), the main ones being (E)-β-caryophyllene (17.8%), α-copaene (10.5%), β-bourbonene (9.9%), δ-cadinene (6.6%), cis-cadina-1(6),4-diene (6.4%) and germacrene D (4.9%), with the non-polar column. The essential oil was then submitted to enantioselective GC analysis, with a diethyl-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-β-cyclodextrin diluted in PS-086 chiral selector, resulting in the following enantiomeric excesses for the chiral components: (1R,5S)-(−)-α-thujene (67.8%), (1R,5R)-(+)-α-pinene (85.5%), (1S,5S)-(−)-β-pinene (90.0%), (1S,5S)-(−)-sabinene (12.3%), (S)-(−)-limonene (88.1%), (S)-(+)-linalool (32.7%), (R)-(−)-terpinen-4-ol (9.3%), (S)-(−)-α-terpineol (71.2%) and (S)-(−)-germacrene D (89.0%). The inhibition activity against acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) of C. taxifolium essential oil was then tested, resulting in selective activity against BChE with an IC50 value of 31.3 ± 3.0 μg/mL (positive control: donepezil, IC50 = 3.6 μg/mL).


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Daniela Berechet ◽  
Demetra Simion ◽  
Maria Stanca ◽  
Cosmin Andrei Alexe ◽  
Rodica Roxana Constantinescu ◽  
...  

Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) belongs to the Lamiaceae family. Essential oil extracted from the aerial parts of lemon balm has been investigated for the protection of fruits during storage, as insecticidal, as well as in medicine, due to its bioactive properties. In this paper, the composition and identification of components from Melissa officinalis L. essential oil were determined by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrophotometry (GC/MS) analysis. Total phenol content (TPC) and the scavenging activity towards 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH·) and 2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzthiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid (ABTS+·) free radicals were evaluated by UV-VIS spectrometry. Antibacterial activities were carried out against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Seventeen bioactive compounds were found as constituents of Melissa officinalis L. essential oil, among which o-cymene (19.735%), dehydro-p-cymene (17.180%), and limonene (11.589%) were found as the major components. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FT-IR) provided a confirmation for the chemical components of lemon balm essential oil identified by GC/MS. The values recorded for TPC and antioxidant activity were as follows: 54.72 mg GAE/g dry substance, 28.53% for DPPH, and 46.17% for ABTS assays, respectively. 100 µL lemon balm essential oil proved total antibacterial activity against the tested microorganisms. The results showed that the Melissa officinalis L. may be a good candidate as plant-derived antioxidant and antibacterial agent for medical footwear, wound dressings and other medical applications.


2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1300800
Author(s):  
Igor Jerković ◽  
Maja Marasović ◽  
Zvonimir Marijanović ◽  
Kroata Hazler Pilepić ◽  
Željan Maleš ◽  
...  

The aerial parts of Hypericum richeri Vill. subsp. grisebachii (Boiss.) Nyman were collected from two different locations in Croatia and subjected to hydrodistillation. GC/FID and GC/MS analysis of the isolated essential oils revealed 64 compounds representing 94.7% and 98.2% of the total oils. Predominant constituents in both samples were: germacrene D (10.9%; 6.0%), bicyclogermacrene (4.7%; 3.5%), α-pinene (6.8%; 6.9%), β-pinene (8.1%; 5.1%), decanoic acid (4.5%; 6.8%), β-caryophyllene (3.3%; 7.5%), δ-cadinene (7.0%; 4.4%), spathulenol (6.0%; 9.5%) and tetracosane (3.1%; 5.8%). Comparison of both samples revealed similarity in the chemical composition with minor fluctuations of constituent percentages. The chemical profile of Croatian oils was in general similar to those reported for other geographic areas regarding major mono- and sesquiterpene constituents. However, spathulenol, 5-cadinene and bicyclogermacrene were more abundant in Croatian oils. The presence of decanoic acid (4.5%; 6.8%) in Croatian oils was the major difference between acids and fatty acids derivatives. Higher abundance of alkanes (particularly tetracosane and docosane) was also noticed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noui Hendel ◽  
Edoardo Napoli ◽  
Madani Sarri ◽  
Antonella Saija ◽  
Mariateresa Cristani ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 578-586
Author(s):  
Soheir Mohamed El Zalabani ◽  
Soad Hanna Tadros ◽  
Abeer Mohamed El Sayed ◽  
Areej Almaktouf Daboub ◽  
Amany Amen Sleem

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