Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of essential oils of <em>Origanum dictamnus</em> from Mexico

Nubia Amaya Olivas; Cindy Villalba Bejarano; Guillermo Ayala Soto; Miriam Zermeño Ortega; Fabiola Sandoval Salas; Esteban Sánchez Chávez; Leon Hernández Ochoa; Nubia Amaya Olivas; Cindy Villalba Bejarano; Guillermo Ayala Soto; Miriam Zermeño Ortega; Fabiola Sandoval Salas; Esteban Sánchez Chávez; Leon Hernández Ochoa

doi:10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.387

AIMS Agriculture and Food

2020, Volume 5, Issue 3: 387-394. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.387

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Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of essential oils of Origanum dictamnus from Mexico

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Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Circuito Universitario, Campus Universitario #2, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, C. P. 31125, México
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Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS Perote, Km. 25, Carretera Federal Perote México, Col. Centro Perote, C. P. 91270, Veracruz
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Centro o de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A. C. de Delicias, Av. Cuarta sur #3820, Fraccionamiento Vencedores del Desierto, Delicias Chihuahua, C. P. 33089, México

Received: 03 April 2020 Accepted: 02 July 2020 Published: 30 July 2020

The quality and content of essential oils extracted from medicinal and culinary plants can be affected by harvesting time conditions. This study focused on the antioxidant activity and chemical composition of Origanum dictamnus essential oils under different harvesting time conditions. Samples from the same area and different harvesting times were treated by hydrodistillation. Gas Chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used to determine the different compounds found in essential oils. In all the essential oil samples, the phenolic monoterpenoid Carvacrol was prevalent. Through different seasons, we could observe a relatively high yield ratio. However, the lowest and highest yield values were found in plants collected during winter and summer. These essential oils showed high level radical scavenging properties level, as exhibited in the DPPH assay. Essential oils from sample C (collected on 10/02/18) showed the highest antioxidant activity.
- Origanum dictamnus,
- essential oils,
- harvesting time,
- hydrodistillation,
- GC-MS
Citation: Nubia Amaya Olivas, Cindy Villalba Bejarano, Guillermo Ayala Soto, Miriam Zermeño Ortega, Fabiola Sandoval Salas, Esteban Sánchez Chávez, Leon Hernández Ochoa. Bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of essential oils of Origanum dictamnus from Mexico[J]. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020, 5(3): 387-394. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.3.387

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Abstract

The quality and content of essential oils extracted from medicinal and culinary plants can be affected by harvesting time conditions. This study focused on the antioxidant activity and chemical composition of Origanum dictamnus essential oils under different harvesting time conditions. Samples from the same area and different harvesting times were treated by hydrodistillation. Gas Chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) were used to determine the different compounds found in essential oils. In all the essential oil samples, the phenolic monoterpenoid Carvacrol was prevalent. Through different seasons, we could observe a relatively high yield ratio. However, the lowest and highest yield values were found in plants collected during winter and summer. These essential oils showed high level radical scavenging properties level, as exhibited in the DPPH assay. Essential oils from sample C (collected on 10/02/18) showed the highest antioxidant activity.

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