Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium vulgare L. |
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Authors: | Bektas Tepe Arzuhan Sihoglu-Tepe Dimitra Daferera Moschos Polissiou Atalay Sokmen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey;2. Laboratory of General Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece;3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Literature, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey |
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Abstract: | This study was designed to examine the chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant activity of the essential oil of Clinopodium vulgare. GC–MS analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 40 compounds, representing 99.4% of the oil; thymol (38.9%), γ-terpinene (29.6%) and p-cymene (9.1%) were the main components. The samples were subjected to a screening for their possible antioxidant activity by using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and β-carotene-linoleic acid assays. In the first case, IC50 value of the C. vulgare essential oil was determined as 63.0 ± 2.71 μg/ml. IC50 value of thymol and γ-terpinene, the major compounds of the oil, was determined as 161 ± 1.3 μg/ml and 122 ± 2.5 μg/ml, respectively, whereas p-cymene did not show antioxidant activity. In β-carotene-linoleic acid system, C. vulgare essential oil exhibited 52.3 ± 1.19% inhibition against linoleic acid oxidation. In both systems, antioxidant capacities of BHT, curcumine and ascorbic acid were also determined in parallel experiments. |
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Keywords: | Antioxidant activity Essential oil Clinopodium vulgare |
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