Molecules, Vol. 26, Pages 5452: Simultaneous Hydrodistillation-Steam Distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia and Citrus aurantium from Morocco, Major Terpenes: Impact on Biological Activities
Molecules, Vol. 26, Pages 5452: Simultaneous Hydrodistillation-Steam Distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia and Citrus aurantium from Morocco, Major Terpenes: Impact on Biological Activities
Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules26185452
Authors:
Sara El Kharraf
Maria Leonor Faleiro
Farah Abdellah
Soukaïna El-Guendouz
El Mestafa El Hadrami
Maria Graça Miguel
Interest in the use of essential oils (EOs) in the biomedical and food industries have seen growing over the last decades due to their richness in bioactive compounds. The challenges in developing an EO extraction process that assure an efficient levels of monoterpenes with impact on biological activities have driven the present study, in which the EO extraction process of rosemary, lavender and citrus was performed by simultaneous hydrodistillation–steam distillation, and the influence of EO composition on biological activities, namely antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, anti-acetylcholinesterase, anti-tyrosinase, antibacterial, and antibiofilm activity, were evaluated. The EO yields of combinations were generally higher than the individual plants (R. officinalis (Ro), L. angustifolia (La), and C. aurantium (Ca)) extracted by the conventional hydrodistillation. The EOs obtained by this process generally had a better capacity for scavenging the free radicals, inhibiting α-glucosidase, and acetylcholinesterase activities than the individual EOs. The combination of EOs did ...
Source: Molecules - Category: Chemistry Authors: Sara El Kharraf Maria Leonor Faleiro Farah Abdellah Souka ïna El-Guendouz El Mestafa El Hadrami Maria Gra ça Miguel Tags: Article Source Type: research