Composition and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil of Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicumBlume) Leaves from Sri Lanka

Abstract

The composition of the volatiles from leaves of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume from Sri Lanka was studied by GC-FID and GC-MS. The basic component of the oil was found to be eugenol (74.9%), followed by β-caryophyllene (4.1%), benzyl benzoate (3.0%), linalool (2.5%), eugenyl acetate (2.1%) and cinnamyl acetate (1.8%). The essential leaf oil from cinnamon demonstrated scavenger activity against the DPPH radical at concentrations which are lower than the concentrations of eugenol, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). This essential cinnamon oil showed also a significant inhibitory effect on hydroxyl radicals and acted as an iron chelator. Cinnamon leaf oil efficiently inhibited the formation of conjugated dienes and the generation of secondary products from lipid peroxidation at a concentration equivalent to that of the standard BHT.

Antioxidant Activity of Cinnamon Bark Oil (Cinnamomum zeylanicum L.) in Japanese Quails Under Thermo Neutral and Heat Stressed Conditions

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Kualitas, Komposisi Kimia, dan Aktivitas Anti Oksidan Minyak Kenanga (Cananga odorata)

“…Sebanyak 1 ml (Anonim, 1988;Burdock et al, 2008). Penelitian sebelumnya memperkuat dugaan ini dimana diketahui bahwa benzil benzoate dapat memerangkap radikal bebas hidroksil, peroksil, dan alkil, sehingga berpotensi sebagai antioksidan (Schmidt et al, 2006;Amalia et al, 2013). Minyak kenanga dengan kandungan antioksidan yang lembut ini dapat digunakan untuk berbagai kegunaan seperti pada campuran bahan kosmetik, obat oles, makanan, minuman, dan lain-lain.…”

Chemical composition and biological activities of essential oil ofBeilschmiedia pulverulenta

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