Singh, P. Harminder ; Mittal, Sunil ; Kaur, Shalinder ; Batish, R. Daizy ; Kohli, K. Ravinder (2009) Characterization and antioxidant activity of essential oils from fresh and decaying leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57 (15). pp. 6962-6966. ISSN 0021-8561
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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jf9012407
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jf9012407
Abstract
The composition of essential oils hydrodistilled from fresh and decaying leaves of Eucalyptus tereticornis was analyzed by means of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, and a total of 68 constituents were identified. The essential oils were assayed for antioxidant activity in terms of scavenging of 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) and hydroxyl (OH•) radical, and superoxide anion (O2-•).The major constituents of the fresh leaf oil were α-pinene (28.53%) and 1,8-cineole (19.48%), whereas in the decaying leaf oil, β-citronellal (14.15%), (-)-isopulegol (13.35%), and (+)-β-citronellol (10.73%) were the major components. Both essential oils exhibited a strong radical scavenging activity against DPPH radical with IC50 values of 110 and 139.8 μg/mL for fresh and decaying leaf oil, respectively (IC50 of BHT = 164.2 μg/mL). Further, the essential oils (at 400 μg/mL) also exhibited OH• (56-62%) and O2-• (65-69%) scavenging activity parallel to the commercial antioxidant BHT/ascorbic acid. However, unlike the essential oils, the major monoterpene constituents exhibited significantly less scavenging activity (<35% DPPH or OH•; at 400 μg/mL). The study concluded that fresh and decaying leaves of E. tereticornis are a source of monoterpenoid rich oil exhibiting antioxidant activity.
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Keywords: | Eucalyptus Tereticornis (Forest Red Gum); Fresh And Decaying Leaf Oil; GC-MS Analyses; Monoterpenoids; Antioxidant Activity |
ID Code: | 70066 |
Deposited On: | 16 Nov 2011 13:44 |
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