Bunium persicum: variability in essential oil and antioxidants activity of fruits from different Iranian wild populations

Saholi

J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med

2018

This research was aimed at investigating the antioxidant and antibacterial activity of Bunium persicum, Eucalyptus globulus, and rose water on multidrug-resistant Listeria species. The antibiotic resistance of Listeria spp obtained from seafood samples were determined by the Kirby-Bauer method. The antioxidant and antibacterial activity of the essential oils and extracts were evaluated using ferric reducing antioxidant power and microdilution methods, respectively. A total 2 samples (1.88%) were positive for Listeria spp. L monocytogenes was found to be resistant to ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, penicillin, vancomycin, and kanamycin. B persicum essential oil showed the greatest antioxidant activity (248.56 ± 1.09 µM Fe2+/g). The E globulus essential oil showed consistently strong antimicrobial activity against L monocytogenes and L grayi, while rose water showed no antimicrobial activity against any of the tested bacterial strains. The results showed that after adding the B persicum and E globulus essential oils to bacteria, the cell components’ release increased significantly.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chemical Composition, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity ofBunium persicum,Eucalyptus globulus, and Rose Water on Multidrug-ResistantListeriaSpecies

Saholi

J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med

2018

“…The injection volume was 1 µL. The total ion current ( m / z 40 to 400) from the MSD was used to identify the compounds according their mass spectra and their retention indices [ 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 ]. The peak areas of the FID signal were used to calculate the percental composition of the oils without any correction.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The following measurements of polyphenols and antioxidative activity were based on colorimetric reactions and were adapted to be measured with an iMark microplate reader (BioRad, Hercules, CA, USA). On a microplate four replicates of each sample or standard were carried out as described by Chizzola et al [ 37 ].…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biodiversity within Melissa officinalis: Variability of Bioactive Compounds in a Cultivated Collection

2018

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Phytochemical characters were evaluated in a five-year-old lemon balm collection consisting of 15 and 13 subspecies officinalis and altissima accessions, respectively. Stems were lower in essential oil than leaves. First cut leaves (June) gave more oil than those of the second cut (August). Subspecies officinalis plants had leaf oils rich in geranial, neral and citronellal in various proportions in the first cut. However, in the second cut the oils from all accessions appeared very similar with 80–90% geranial plus neral. Leaf oils of subsp. altissima contained sesquiterpenes (β-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, germacrene D) and also further monoterpenes in the second cut. Leaves had higher rosmarinic acid (RA) contents than stems. More RA was in subsp. officinalis than subsp. altissima leaves. First cut leaves were richer in RA than those from second cut. Total phenolics and antioxidant parameters showed that lemon balm is a valuable source of plant antioxidants.

“…Another report found that the methanolic extract from the fruits expressed significant antioxidant activity varied from 9.2 to 14.4 mg Trolox equivalents. Antioxidant activity of fruits was attributed to total flavonoids and total phenolics [10]. In regard to the essential oil of fruits, the IC50 was about 23.4 µg/ml, lower than the standard BHT (IC50 = 20.3µg/ml) [24].…”

Section: Fatty Acidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bunium persicum: A Review of Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Biological Activities

Majidi

Bina

Kahkeshani

et al. 2020

TIM

Bunium persicum (Boiss) B. Fedtsh (Apiaceae, Persian name: Zireh Kermani) has been used to treat various diseases in traditional and folkloric medicine including gastrointestinal, respiratory, nasopharyngeal, cardiac, ocular, neurological, rheumatological and urinary tract diseases. Its essential oil contains different monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenyl propenes. Other chemical constituents identified in B. persicum are phenolic compounds, fatty acids, carboxylic acids, and carbohydrates. Wide range of biological and pharmacological activities including antioxidant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, acetylcholinesterase inhibitory, anticonvulsant, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory, anti-pancreatic lipase, anticancer, antidiabetic, antihistamine, antidiarrheal, antispasmodic, antihematoxic, antityrosinase and antimicrobial activities have been reported from this plant in modern medicine. This article summarizes comprehensive information attributing traditional uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological activities of Zireh Kermani.