Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oil from Pine Needle (Cedrus deodara)

Abstract

The present study provides a theoretical basis for the potential application of essential oil from pine needles (C. deodara) to be used as a natural resource of antioxidant and antimicrobial agents in food industry.

Essential oil of <i>Thymus vulgaris</i> L. and <i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i> L.: Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, cytotoxicity and antioxidant properties and antibacterial activities against foodborne pathogens

“…Food-borne illnesses associated with Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enteritidis present a major public health concern [2,3]. It has been reported that the incidence of food-borne diseases caused by microbial contamination and environmental pollution will globally increase [4,5]. Furthermore, the consumption of foods contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, mould, viruses and parasites active the growth of a pathogen.…”

Investigation on chemical composition and optimization of essential oil obtainment from waste Pinus taeda L. using hydrodistillation

“…Essential oils can be synthesized as secondary metabolites by plant parts such as flowers, leaves, fruits, seeds, roots, rhizomes and stems, being stored in secretory cell cavities, channels, epidermal cells or glandular trichomes (Bakkali et al 2009;Jin et al 2007). The components of essential oils may belong to several class of compounds, but terpenes and some other aromatic and aliphatic constituents are the most common, all of them being characterized by a low molecular weight (Castro et al 2004;Zeng et al 2012). Chemical compositions and contents of essential oils in plants vary depending on the plant, season, geographical location, harvesting technique, and genotype (Bendaoud et al 2009;Botrel et al 2010).…”

Identification and Quantification of Pine Needle Essential Oil From Different Habitats and Species of China by Gc-MS and Gc Method

“…and 3 other species) was performed using 5 investigated compounds and 12 selected peaks(peak No. 2,3,4,6,7,10,15,17,20,23,26,29, were bold in Table 1 ) as markers respectively (shown in Figure 5 ). Their results were very similar, which sort all samples into two clusters, Abies holophylla Maxim.…”