Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils of three endemic medicinal plants of Iran

Authors

  • Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti Department of Medicinal Plants, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box: 166, Shahrekord
  • Leila Sedaghat Department of Food Sciences, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box: 166, Shahrekord
  • Behzad Hamedi Department of Medicinal Plants, Research Center for Medicinal Plants & Ethnoveterinary, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO. Box: 166 , Shahrekord
  • Farhang Tirgir Department of Chemistry, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, PO Box: 166, Shahrekord

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18038

Keywords:

Chemical composition, Antioxident activity, Essential oil, Endemic plants. Iran

Abstract

Hydro-distillated essential oils (EO) antioxidant activity of three endemic medicinal plants of Iran namely, Heracleum lasiopetalum Boiss., Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff., and Ferulago angulata (Schlecht.) Boiss were studied. The results indicated that the major components of the EOs were 2-ethylhexyl acetate (34.5%), n-octanol (6.5%), and hexanol (5.1%) for H. lasiopetalum fruits; Z-?-ocimene (20.5), ?-pinene (11.6%), and ?-phellandrene (9.3) for F. angulata aerial parts; ?-pinene (20.1%), 1,8-cineole (18.2%), and Zligustilide (15.5%) for K. odoratissima aerial parts. The three EOs having high antioxidant activity could be used as an alternative preservative instead of synthetic ones in food industry.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18038

Bangladesh J. Bot. 42(2): 327-332, 2013 (December)

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2014-02-19

How to Cite

Pirbalouti, A. G., Sedaghat, L., Hamedi, B., & Tirgir, F. (2014). Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils of three endemic medicinal plants of Iran. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 42(2), 327–332. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i2.18038

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Vol. 42 No. 2 (2013)

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