| Titre : | Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of myrtus communis L. floral buds essential oil (2011) |
| Auteurs : | Snoussi, Ahmed, Auteur ; Chaabouni, Mohamed Moncef, Auteur ; Nabiha Bouzouita, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 23 N° 2, Mars/Avril 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 10-14 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 646 |
| Tags : | Floral buds essential oil Myrtus communis L. Chemical composition Antioxidant activity α ; -pinene 1,8-cineole |
| Résumé : | The essential oil of Mytrus communis L. floral buds from Tunisia was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Thirty-seven compounds were identified, representing 98.7% of the total oil. The major constituents were described as α-pinene (48.9%) and 1,8-cineole (15.3%). The antioxidant activity of the obtained essential oil was investigated by means of β-carotene bleaching (BCB) test and free radical scavenging assay using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH). Results showed that Myrtus communis L. floral buds essential oil has a significant antioxidant effect when tested by each method respectively. The strong antioxidant activity of the studied oil can be attributed to the high content in hydrocarbon monoterpenes and oxygenated monoterpenes. |
| DEWEY : | 665 |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2011.9700440 |
