Major chemotypes and antioxidative activity of the leaf essential oils of Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh. from a clonal orchard |
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Authors: | Kuan-Hung Lin,Shu-Yin Yeh,Min-Yi Lin,Ming-Chih Shih,Kai-Ts&rsquo ung Yang,Shih-Ying Hwang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Horticulture, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan;2. Graduate Institute of Applied Science of Living, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan;3. Department of Forestry and Nature Conservation, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan;4. Department of Food, Health and Nutrition Science, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan;5. Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Essential oils of 92 cutting clones from a clonal orchard of Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh. were obtained by hydrodistillation and characterised by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Our results showed that the yields of essential oils ranged between 0.09% and 2.65% (vol/fresh wt). The constituents of essential oils varied among samples. The major chemotypes classified in the individual cutting clones were cinnamaldehyde (50 plants, representing 50–95% of the total volatiles), linalool (1 plant, 73.3%), β-cubebene (2 plants, 59.4% and 78.7%), and cinnamyl acetate (1 plant, 61.8%). The antioxidant activities of the four chemotypes were determined using a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. The antioxidant activities of the essential oil decreased in the order of cinnamyl acetate > cinnamaldehyde > β-cubebene > linalool. Indigenous cinnamon oil extract showed a good free radical-scavenging capacity at all concentrations studied, except at 2 μg/ml. The scavenging activity increased with increasing concentration of the extract. The capability of the four essential oil chemotypes to reduce the stable radical, DPPH, to DPPH-H was assayed by a decrease in the IC50 values of 10.4 (cinnamyl acetate type) to 29.7 (linalool type) μg/ml. These results suggest that the leaf essential oil of C. osmophloeum possesses chemical compounds with antioxidant activity which can be used as natural preservatives in food and/or by the pharmaceutical industry. Trees in this plantation which can be used for further propagation for the production of chemotypes of interest were identified. |
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Keywords: | Antioxidant activity Cinnamomum osmophloeum DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) Essential oil |
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