Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oil Cones of Tunisian Cupressus sempervirens
In: Journal of Chemistry, 2015
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The extraction yield of the essential oil (EO) extracted by hydrodistillation from the cones of TunisianCupressus sempervirensL. was of 0.518%. The chemical composition was analyzed by GC-MS. Results showed that this essential oil was mainly composed of monoterpene hydrocarbons (65%) withα-pinene as the major constituent (47.51%). Its antioxidant activity was ascertained by evaluating the total antioxidant capacity and also by evaluating its inhibitory effect against DPPH and ABTS radicals. In addition, it showed a strong antioxidant power against the DPPH (IC50= 151 µg/mL) and ABTS (IC50= 176.454 µg/mL) radicals scavenging. Moreover, its antibacterial activity was tested against different species of pathogenic bacteria (three Gram-positive and eight Gram-negative bacteria). The bacterial strains susceptible to the evaluated oil wereBacillus subtilis,Escherichia coli,Klebsiella oxytoca,Morganella morganii,Shigella, andVibrio cholerae.
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Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oil Cones of Tunisian Cupressus sempervirens
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mnif, Wissem ; Cherif, Ameur ; Dhifi, Wissal ; Aicha Ben Nouri ; Bellili, Sana ; Ghazghazi, Hanene ; Aouadhi, Chedia ; Hammami, Mohamed |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Chemistry, 2015 |
Veröffentlichung: | Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015 |
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ISSN: | 2090-9063 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1155/2015/538929 |
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