scholarly journals Suggestions on the Contribution of Methyl Eugenol and Eugenol to Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) Essential Oil Preservative Activity through Radical Scavenging

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2342
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Nenadis ◽  
Maria Papapostolou ◽  
Maria Z. Tsimidou
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Methyl Eugenol ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Partial Least Square Regression ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Scavenging Activity

The present study examined the radical scavenging potential of the two benzene derivatives found in the bay laurel essential oil (EO), namely methyl eugenol (MEug) and eugenol (Eug), theoretically and experimentally to make suggestions on their contribution to the EO preservative activity through such a mechanism. Calculation of appropriate molecular indices widely used to characterize chain-breaking antioxidants was carried out in the gas and liquid phases (n-hexane, n-octanol, methanol, water). Experimental evidence was based on the DPPH• scavenging assay applied to pure compounds and a set of bay laurel EOs chemically characterized with GC-MS/FID. Theoretical calculations suggested that the preservative properties of both compounds could be exerted through a radical scavenging mechanism via hydrogen atom donation. Eug was predicted to be of superior efficiency in line with experimental findings. Pearson correlation and partial least square regression analyses of the EO antioxidant activity values vs. % composition of individual volatiles indicated the positive contribution of both compounds to the radical scavenging activity of bay laurel EOs. Eug, despite its low content in bay laurel EOs, was found to influence the most the radical scavenging activity of the latter.

scholarly journals Radical scavenging and antimicrobial activity of essential oil and extracts of Echinophora sibthorpiana Guss. from Macedonia

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 401-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ksenija Mileski ◽  
Ana Dzamic ◽  
Ana Ciric ◽  
Slavica Grujic ◽  
M. Ristic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oil ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Antimicrobial Properties ◽  
Ethanol Extract ◽  
Antimicrobial Effect ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Aerial Parts ◽  
Positive Controls

This study was undertaken to determine the antioxidant and antimicrobial effect of essential oil and extracts of Echinophora sibthorpiana Guss. (fam. Apiaceae) collected in Macedonia. The chemical composition of E. sibthorpiana essential oil was characterized by the presence of methyl eugenol (60.40%), p-cymene (11.18%) and ?-phellandrene (10.23%). The free radical scavenging activity of extracts and essential oil was evaluated by DPPH and ABTS assays. The aqueous extract of aerial parts exhibited the strongest scavenging activity (IC50=1.67 mg/ml); results of the ABTS test showed that the most effective was the ethanol extract of aerial parts (1.11 mg vit. C/g). The essential oil showed stronger antioxidant activity compared to hydroxyanisole, ascorbic acid and quercetin that were used in the DPPH and ABTS tests, respectively. The total phenolic and flavonoid concentrations in the extracts ranged between 38.65-60.72 mg GA/g, and 3.15-19.00 mg Qu/g, respectively. The antimicrobial properties of the extracts and essential oil were investigated using a micro-well dilution technique against human pathogenic strains. The results were comparable with the effects of the positive controls, streptomycin and fluconazole. These findings indicate that E. sibthorpiana extracts and oil can be used in preventive treatments and as an alternative for synthetic preservatives.

scholarly journals Mangifera indica Bark Essential Oil: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities in Comparison with Aqueous and Ethanol Extracts

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1801300
Author(s):  
Gislaine Aurelie Kemegne ◽  
Maximilienne Ascension Nyegue ◽  
Sylvain Leroy Sado Kamdem ◽  
François-Xavier Etoa ◽  
Chantal Menut
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Antimicrobial Properties ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Total Phenols ◽  
Dpph Method ◽  
Ethanol Extracts

Ethnobotanic surveys have revealed the use of Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) bark for the treatment of infectious diarrhea. The essential oil of M. indica bark is described for the first time for its chemical composition, radical scavenging activity (DPPH method) and antimicrobial properties. The total phenols content of its water and ethanol bark extracts as well as their radical scavenging and antimicrobial properties were also evaluated. Four commercial plant extracts were also studied for a comparison purpose. The antimicrobial activities were measured for all samples against three Gram (-): Escherichia coli, Salmonella enteritidis, Shigella and two Gram (+): Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus bacteria. The M. indica bark essential oil was characterized by the association of two major sesquiterpenes: ( E)-β-caryophyllene (60.3%) and α-humulene (36.7%). It presented the lowest ratio of concentration to inhibition zone diameter on all the strains. The aqueous and ethanol extracts of M. indica bark were characterized by high contents of total phenols compounds and high radical scavenging activity compared to the essential oil. Finally, the interesting combination of the antibacterial and antiradical activities of the aqueous M. indica bark extract justifies the traditional use of this plant part in decoction form for the treatment of diarrheal infections.

Chemical Composition of Essential Oil and Antioxidant Activities of Curcuma petiolata Roxb. Rhizomes

2012 ◽  
Vol 506 ◽  
pp. 393-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Thakam ◽  
N. Saewan
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Antioxidant Activities ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Reducing Power ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Dpph Radical ◽  
Etoac Extract ◽  
Dpph Radical Scavenging

Pulverized rhizome of Curcuma peliolata on hydrodistillation, afforded light yellow essential oil in the yield of 0.13% v/w. The chemical constituent of the essential oil was determined by GC-MS. Nine compounds representing 95.34 % of the total oil were identified. The major compounds of the oil were 2-methyl-5-pentanol, 1H-pyrrol-1-amine,2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-n,n,5-trimethyl, and curcumol. The distillated aqueous was extracted with dicloromethane (DCM), ethyl acetate (EtOAc), and n-butanol. The DPPH radical scavenging and reducing power of the extracts were investigated. Curcumin and ascorbic acid were used as standard references. The DPPH radical scavenging activity was decrease in order: curcumin ascorbic acid EtOAc extract > DCM extract > n-butanol extract > aqueous extract. The EtOAc extract showed significantly highest inhibition of the radical scavenging activity with IC50 0.092 ± 0.001 mg/mL (curcumin and ascorbic acid (IC50 0.012 and 0.013 mg/mL, respectively (P<0.05)). While, the DCM extract showed highest reducing power with IC50 = 0.271 mg/mL which lower than that of standard curcumin (IC50 = 0.013 mg/mL) and ascorbic acid (IC50 = 0.002 mg/mL).Introduction

scholarly journals Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils of Lippia Origanoides H.B.K. grown in Colombia

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1934578X0800300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Stashenko ◽  
Carlos Ruiz ◽  
Amner Muñoz ◽  
Martha Castañeda ◽  
Jairo Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
The Other ◽  
Butylated Hydroxytoluene ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Compound Identification ◽  
Microwave Assisted ◽  
Main Components

Microwave-assisted hydrodistillation, simultaneous distillation-solvent extraction, and supercritical fluid extraction, were used to isolate secondary metabolites from two Lippia origanoides chemotypes growing wild in Colombia. Compound identification was based on chromatographic and spectroscopic criteria. The main components identified in the essential oil of one chemotype were carvacrol (44.4 – 51.8%) and p-cymene (8.8 – 10.1%). Those of the other chemotype were p-cymene (11.3 – 15.7%) and 1,8-cineole (6.8 – 10.9%). The last one constitutes a new chemotype, characterized by its low thymol and carvacrol contents and very low antioxidant activity. The radical scavenging activity of the essential oil of the first chemotype was higher than that of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and similar to that of α-tocopherol.

scholarly journals Artemisia dracunculus Essential Oil Chemical composition and antioxidant properties

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadna Petronela Fildan ◽  
Ioan Pet ◽  
Daniela Stoin ◽  
Gabriel Bujanca ◽  
Alexandra Teodora Lukinich-Gruia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Radical ◽  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Essential Oil ◽  
Phenolic Content ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Free Radical Scavenging ◽  
Total Phenolic ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Artemisia Dracunculus

Free radical scavenging activity, total phenolic content and the chemical composition of the essential oil isolated by steam distillation from Artemisia dracunculus L. was investigated. The isolation yield was 0.24% (v/w) based on the fresh plant material (leaves). GC-MS investigation identified 21 components, accounting 99.93% of the total amount. The major components were sabinene (42.38%), isoelemicin (12.91%), methyl eugenol (9.09%), elemicin (7.95%) and beta-ocimene (6.46%). The free radical scavenging activity of the essential oil of Artemisia dracunculus L. was evaluated in vitro by the DPPH assay (IC50 = 0.730 � 0.213 mg/mL), BHA and alpha-tocopherol were used as a positive control. The total phenolic content of the tarragon essential oil was evaluated by the Folin-Ciocalteu method (GAE = 0.451 � 0.001 mg/g sample). In view of these data, we consider that tarragon essential oil could represent a new antioxidants source as a reliable option to reduce the usage of synthetic additives.

scholarly journals PSXIII-9 Can we predict feed efficiency using fecal microbiota information?

2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 477-477
Author(s):  
Mathilde Le Sciellour ◽  
Sébastien Dejean ◽  
David Renaudeau ◽  
Olivier Zemb
Keyword(s):  
Feed Efficiency ◽  
Prediction Models ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Fecal Microbiota ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Partial Least Square Regression ◽  
Real Dataset ◽  
The Real ◽  
Quantitative Phenotype

Abstract The present study aimed at predicting feed efficiency (FE) based on fecal microbiota, using partial least square regression (PLSR), sparse PLSR, and random forest regression (RF). Fecal samples from 147 Pietrain x (Large White x Landrace) pigs reared in two consecutive batches were collected at 99 days of age. Daily live body weight and feed intake were individually measured in pigs fed ad libitum with a corn soybean diet. The relative abundances of operational taxonomic units (OTU) resulting from fecal 16S rRNA sequencing were used to build the prediction models of FE between 99 and 113 days. From these data, neither PLSR nor RF models have been validated on external datasets. An important over-fitting has been observed in PLSR. With this aim to test the ability of the methods to retrieve information, synthetic OTU were created to fit an artificial Pearson correlation with FE (r² = 0 to 0.9) and were added among the predictors in the dataset. Artificial OTU correlated above 0.37 with FE improved the prediction in sparse PLSR and RF, and reduced the over-fitting. The best predictions were achieved by sparse PLSR. The present study emphasized the ability of sparse PLSR and RF to build valid prediction models of a quantitative phenotype, based on fecal microbiota composition. Since no OTU was correlated above 0.30 with FE in the real dataset, the power of the prediction methods was not enough to extract useful information from the fecal microbiota. The functional redundancy of the microbiota could explain the lack of relevant information in the real dataset to predict pigs’ quantitative phenotype. These results suggest that the best strategy is to run sparse PLSR only if a correlation higher than 0.37 is observed. This study is part of the Feed-a-Gene Project funded from the European Union’s H2020 Program (grant 633531).

Radical scavenging activity of the essential oils from Croton grewioides Baill accessions and the major compounds eugenol, methyl eugenol and methyl chavicol

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Sara Dayan Da Silva Oliveira ◽  
Ana Mara De Oliveira E Silva ◽  
Arie Fitzgerald Blank ◽  
Paulo Cesar De Lima Nogueira ◽  
Daniela Aparecida De Castro Nizio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Essential Oils ◽  
Radical Scavenging Activity ◽  
Radical Scavenging ◽  
Methyl Eugenol ◽  
Scavenging Activity ◽  
Methyl Chavicol
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