Antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of essential oils from Cymbopogon schoenanthus L. Spreng. Determination of chemical composition by GC-mass spectrometry and 13C NMR

Food Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 630-637

  Khadri, Ayda ^a,c   Serralheiro, M L M ^b   Nogueira, J M F ^b   Neffati, Mohamed ^c   Smiti, Samira ^a   Araujo M E M ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c Laboratory of Range Ecology   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Acetylcholinesterase activity; Antioxidant activity; Cymbopogon schoenanthus; Essential oils; GC MS

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA PHELLANDRENE; CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LIMONENE; LINOLEIC ACID; TERPINENE; TERPINEOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLEACHING; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS; DESERT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TUNISIA;

CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS;

EID: 40849145282     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.12.070     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Adams R.P. Identification of essential oils components by gas chromatography/quadrupole mass spectroscopy (2001), Allured Publishing Corporation, Carol Stream, IL, USA
2. Ashok B.T., and Ali R. The aging paradox: Free radical theory of aging. Experimental Gerontology 34 3 (1999) 293-303
3. Atta-ur-Rahman, and Choudhary M.I. Bioactive natural products as a potential source of new pharmacophores a theory of memory. Pure and Applied Chemistry 73 3 (2001) 555-560
4. Bauerova K., and Bezek A. Role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis. General Physiology and Biophysics 18 (1999) 15-20
5. Cornwell D.G., Jones K.H., Jiang Z., Lantry L.E., Southwell K.P., and Kohar I. Cytotoxicity of tocopherols and their quinones in drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukaemia cells. Lipids 33 3 (1998) 295-301
6. Corticchiato M., and Casanova J. Analyse des mélanges complexes par RMN du carbone-13. Application aux huiles essentielles. Analusis 20 (1992) M51-M58
7. Cuénod, A. (1954). Flore analytique et synoptique de la Tunisie. Cryptogames vasculaires, gymnospermes et monocotylédones. Tunis: S.E.F.A.N. (Société Editions Françaises en Afrique du Nord).
8. Daferera D.J., Ziogas B.N., and Polissiou M.G. GC-MS analysis of essential oils from Greek aromatic plants and their fungitoxicity on Penicillum digitatum. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 48 6 (2000) 2576-2581
9. de Sousa E.M.B.D., Câmara A.P.C., Costa W.A., Costa A.C.J., Oliveira H.N.M., Galvão E.L., et al. Evaluation of the extraction process of the essential oil from Cymbopogon schoenanthus with pressurized carbon dioxide. Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 48 (2005) 231-236 Sp. Iss. SI.
10. European Pharmacopeia (1996). 3rd ed. Strasburg. Council of Europe. 121-122.
11. Formacek V., and Kubeczka K.H. Essential oils analysis by capillary gas chromatography and carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy (1982), Wiley, Chichester
12. Howes M.R., and Houghton P.J. Plants used in Chinese and Indian traditional medicine for improvement of memory and cognitive function. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 75 3 (2003) 513-527
13. Ingkaninan K., Temkittawon P., Chuenchon K., Yuyaem T., and Thongnoi W. Screening for acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity in plants used in Thai traditional rejuvenating and neurotonic remedies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 89 2-3 (2003) 261-264
14. IUCN (2005). A guide to medicinal plants in North Africa. ISBN: 2, 8317-0893-1. p. 256
15. Le Floc'h, E. (1983). Contribution à une étude ethnobotanique de la flore Tunsienne. Programme Flore et Végétation tunisienne, Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique, Tunis.
16. Mata A.T., Proença C., Ferreira A.R., Serralheiro M.L.M., Nogueira J.M.F., and Araújo M.E.M. Antioxidant and antiacetylcholinesterase activities of five plants used as Portuguese food spices. Food Chemistry 103 3 (2007) 778-786
17. Mukherjee P.K., Kumar V., Mal M., and Houghton P.J. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from plants. Phytomedicine 14 4 (2007) 289-300
18. Oh M.H., Houghton P.J., Whang W.K., and Cho J.H. Screening of Korean herbal medicines used to improve cognitive function for anti-cholinesterase activity. Phytomedicine 11 6 (2004) 544-548
19. Orhan I., Sener B., Choudhary M.I., and Khalid A. Acetylcholinesterase and butyrrylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of some Turkish medicinal plants. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 91 1 (2004) 57-60
20. Perry G., Raina A.K., Nunomura A., Wataya T., Sayre L.M., and Smith M.A. How important is oxidative damage lessons from Alzheimer's disease. Free Radical Biology and Medicine 28 5 (2000) 831-834
21. Pestana M.H., and Gageiro J.N. Analise de Dados para Ciencias Sociais. A complementaridade do SPSS (2000), Edicoes Si{dotless}labo, Lisboa
22. Pline L'Ancien (1848-1850). Histoire Naturelle. Livre XX, XXII, Paris: Ed. d'Emile Littré.
23. Rohlf, F. J. (1998). NTSYS-pc. Numerical taxonomy and multivariate analysis system. Exeter Software, Setauket, New York.
24. Ruberto G., and Baratta M.T. Antioxidant activity of selected essential oil components in two lipid model systems. Food Chemistry 69 2 (2000) 167-174
25. Schulz V. Ginkgo extract or cholinesterase inhibitors in patients with dementia: what clinical trial and guidelines fail to consider. Phytomedicine 10 Suppl. 4. (2003) 74-79
26. Shon M.-Y., Kim T.-H., and Sung N.-J. Antioxidants and free radical scavenging activity of Phellinus baumii (Phellinus of Hymeno chaetaceae) extracts. Food Chemistry 82 4 (2003) 593-597
27. Takao T., Kiatani F., Watanabe N., Yagi A., and Sakata K. A simple screening method for antioxidants and isolation of several antioxidants produced by marine bacteria from fish and shellfish. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 58 10 (1994) 1780-1783
28. Tepe B., Daferera D., Sokmen A., Sokmen M., and Polissiou M. Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of essential oil and various extracts of Salvia tomentosa Miller (Lamiaceae). Food Chemistry 90 3 (2005) 333-340
29. Tomi F., Bradesi P., Bighelli A., and Casanova J. Computer-aided identification of individual components of essential oils using carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Analysis 1 (1995) 25-34
30. Tschäpe J.-A., and Hartmann T. Therapeutic perspectives in Alzheimer's disease. Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery 1 1 (2006) 119-127
31. Yamaguchi T., Takamura H., Matoba T., and Terao J. HPLC method for evaluation of the free radical-scavenging activity of foods by using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 62 6 (1998) 1201-1204