Antioxidant potential of essential oils from some Himalayan Asteraceae and Lamiaceae species

Vinod Kumar; C.S. Mathela; Manoj Kumar; Geeta Tewari

doi:10.1016/j.medidd.2019.100004

Medicine in Drug Discovery (Mar 2019)

Antioxidant potential of essential oils from some Himalayan Asteraceae and Lamiaceae species

Vinod Kumar,
C.S. Mathela,
Manoj Kumar,
Geeta Tewari

Affiliations

Vinod Kumar: Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital 263 001, Uttarakhand, India; Corresponding author.
C.S. Mathela: Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital 263 001, Uttarakhand, India
Manoj Kumar: Department of Biotechnology, Kumaun University, Bhimtal 263136, Uttarakhand, India
Geeta Tewari: Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital 263 001, Uttarakhand, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medidd.2019.100004
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1

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Antioxidant activity of essential oils obtained from Himalayan Lamiaceae species was evaluated using in-vitro antioxidant models. Results revealed that the N. ciliaris oil displayed maximum DPPH activity (IC50: 0.9 mg/mL), while N. leucophylla essential oil exhibited high TAC (6.6 mg AAE/g). The oils from N. leucophylla, E. annuus and E. mucronatus possess antioxidant capacity, close to BHT followed by C. umbrosa, N. clarkei and E. karwinskianus. The results show their potential as radical scavenging ability, lipid peroxidation inhibition and antioxidant capacity, and their possibility as a natural food supplement. Keywords: Essential oil, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Antioxidant, DPPH, TACs

Published in Medicine in Drug Discovery

ISSN: 2590-0986 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pharmacy and materia medica
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