Essential oil analysis and biological activities of the aerial parts of Zygophyllum eichwaldii C. A. Mey., a native plant from Iran

Lippia sidoides Cham. is a plant that belongs to the family Verbenaceae and is commonly known as “alecrim-pimenta”. It was first found in northeastern Brazil, where it is extensively used in traditional medicine. Many studies have been made with the essential oil of L. sidoides, which has a high content of the isomeric compounds thymol and carvacrol. L. sidoides extracts, and particularly the essential oil extracted from its aerial parts, have shown many biological activities such as antifungal, antibacterial, and insecticidal. Given the great biological potentialities of L. sidoides and the amount of recent studies about this plant, the present study aimed to make a survey of its general attributes, cultivation methods, chemical characterization of its extracts and essential oil, as well as its different biological activities.

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Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of Essential Oil and Hydrosol Extract from Aerial Parts of Cynoglossum cheirifolium L. from Algeria

Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants ◽

10.1080/0972060x.2020.1729249 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 97-104 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nouria Merad Boussalah

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Essential Oil ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Aerial Parts

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Phytochemical investigation of Pimpinella serbica

Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society ◽

10.2298/jsc210816081v ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 81-81

Author(s):

Ivan Vuckovic ◽

Sonja Stikovic ◽

Danijela Stesevic ◽

Milka Jadranin ◽

Snezana Trifunovic

Keyword(s):

Secondary Metabolites ◽

Essential Oil ◽

Spectroscopic Methods ◽

Oil Analysis ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

Chromatographic Techniques ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

Phytochemical Investigation ◽

Phytochemical Profile ◽

Botanical Classification

The plant species Pimpinella serbica (Vis.) Drude, endemic to West Balkans, belongs to the genus Pimpinella L. (Apiaceae) according to newer botanical classification. Initially, the plant has been described as Pancicia serbica Vis. and has long been considered as monotypic genus. Previous phytochemical investigations of this plant were limited to the essential oil analysis by GC-MS method. This is first study that includes LC-DAD-MS screening of the roots and aerial parts extracts, followed by the isolation of secondary metabolites using chromatographic techniques. Five compounds belonging to phenylpropanoids and polyacetylenes, well known for their bioactivities, were isolated and structurally determined by combined spectroscopic methods (UV, NMR, MS). Dillapiole (1), nothoapiole (2) and oplopantriol A 18-acetate (4) were found in both extracts, while falcarindiol (3) was isolated from the roots and dendrotrifidol (5) from the aerial parts only. The phytochemical profile of P. serbica L. supports its position in Pimpinella L. genus.

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Changes in essential oil composition of Haplophyllum tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss. aerial parts according to the developmental stage of growth and incidence on the biological activities

Journal of Essential Oil Research ◽

10.1080/10412905.2018.1511483 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 69-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sihem Aberrane ◽

Abderrahmane Djouahri ◽

Zineb Djerrad ◽

Boualem Saka ◽

Fadhela Benseradj ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Developmental Stage ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Essential Oil Composition ◽

Oil Composition ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

Haplophyllum Tuberculatum

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Chemical Composition and Biological Activities of the Essential Oil from Calamintha nepeta Plants from the Wild in Southern Italy

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x1300800134 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 1934578X1300800 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Emilia Mancini ◽

Laura De Martino ◽

Hanna Malova ◽

Vincenzo De Feo

Keyword(s):

Chemical Composition ◽

Essential Oil ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Lepidium Sativum ◽

Campania Region ◽

Phytotoxic Activity ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

Main Components ◽

Lepidium Sativum L

The chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi, collected in the Campania Region, was obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC and GC-MS. In all, 42 compounds were identified. The oil was characterized by a prevalence of the sesquiterpenic fraction (80.8%). The main components were 1,10-di- epi-cubenol (18.5%), allo-aromadendrene epoxide (11.4%) and cadalene (5.7%). The essential oil was evaluated for its in vitro potential phytotoxic activity against germination and initial radical growth of Raphanus sativus L., Lepidium sativum L., Sinapis arvensis L., Triticum durum L. and Phalaris canariensis L. seeds. The essential oil showed no antioxidant activity.

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Evaluation of drying effect on the composition of the essential oil isolated from aerial parts of Pituranthos chloranthus from southern Algeria and their biological activities

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology ◽

10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101844 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 101844

Author(s):

Abdelhakim Lakhdari ◽

Lakhdar Sakhri ◽

Yasmina Khane ◽

Abdelmalek Moulay Lakhdar ◽

Abdellah Kemassi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Aerial Parts

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Comparison of Nutritional Compositions and Essential Oil Profiles of Different Parts of a Dill and Two Fennel Cultivars

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods10081784 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 1784

Author(s):

Yuanpeng Hao ◽

Jiamu Kang ◽

Xiaoqi Guo ◽

Rui Yang ◽

Yuliang Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Crude Protein ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Food Additives ◽

Nutritional Composition ◽

Food Preservatives ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

Chemical Profiles ◽

Main Components ◽

Further Development

Fennel and dill are widely used as food additives owing to their various biological activities, such as antioxidants, antimicrobials, food-preservatives, and seasoning capacities. Herein, the nutritional composition and essential oil (EO) chemical profiles of fruits, umbels, stalks, and roots from one dill and two fennel cultivars were evaluated. The fruits had the highest content of crude protein (≥ 15%), crude fat (≥ 8%), and phosphorus (≥ 0.5%), and exhibited the highest total energy (≥ 20 MJ/kg) and EO yield (≥ 2%). Moreover, estragole (86.56% in Fdf), anethole (71.17% in Fhf), fenchone (16.74% in Fhf), limonene (50.19% in Agf), and carvone (42.41% in Agf) were the main components of the EOs generated from the fruits. The chemical profiles of EOs in the roots were significantly different from those of the aerial parts of the fennel and dill; thus, the roots and aerial parts could be distinguished based on myristicin (Variable Importance in Projection (VIP) = 1.90399) and apiol (VIP = 1.85922). The EO components of the aerial parts varied remarkably, and the chemical markers for differentiating these three cultivars were anethole (VIP = 1.36571), estragole (VIP = 1.30292), and carvone (VIP = 1.11947). Overall, our results provide a noteworthy chemical basis for further development of fennel and dill, especially as food additives.

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Chemical Composition of Blumea lacera Essential Oil from Nepal. Biological Activities of the Essential Oil and (Z)-Lachnophyllum Ester

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x1501001028 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (10) ◽

pp. 1934578X1501001 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Prabodh Satyal ◽

Bhuwan K. Chhetri ◽

Noura S. Dosoky ◽

Samon Shrestha ◽

Ambika Poudel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Essential Oil ◽

Biological Activities ◽

Human Tumor ◽

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽

Gel Chromatography ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

Silica Gel Chromatography ◽

Antibacterial And Antifungal ◽

Blumea Lacera ◽

Mcf 7

The essential oil from the aerial parts of Blumea lacera collected from Biratnagar, Nepal, has been obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The major component from the oil, (Z)-lachnophyllum ester, was isolated by preparative silica gel chromatography. B. lacera oil was dominated by (Z)-lachnophyllum ester (25.5%), (Z)-lachnophyllic acid (17.0%), germacrene D (11.0%), (E)-β-farnesene (10.1%), bicyclogermacrene (5.2%), (E)-caryophyllene (4.8%), and (E)-nerolidol (4.2%). Also detected in the oil were (E)-lachnophyllic acid (3.3%) and (E)-lachnophyllum ester (1.7%). (Z)-Lachnophyllum ester exhibited cytotoxic activity against MDA-MD-231, MCF-7, and 5637 human tumor cells, as well as antibacterial and antifungal activity.

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