TY - JOUR
T1 - Essential oil from the seeds of Moringa peregrina
T2 - Chemical composition and antioxidant potential
AU - Senthilkumar, A.
AU - Thangamani, A.
AU - Karthishwaran, K.
AU - Cheruth, A. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Research Affairs, United Arab Emirates University , United Arab Emirates is gratefully acknowledged for the financial support (UPAR Grant No. 31F092 ).
Funding Information:
The Research Affairs, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates is gratefully acknowledged for the financial support (UPAR Grant No. 31F092).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 South African Association of Botanists
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - In the present study, the chemical composition and antioxidant potential of essential oil from the seed kernel of Moringa peregrina were studied. Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry analyses of the essential oil revealed that the oil contains 33 compounds. Among that, geijerene was identified as the major compound (33.38%) followed by linalool (23.36%), caryophyllene oxide (19.28%), n-hexadecane (12.59%) and carvacrol (1.89%). The antioxidant activity indicated that the essential oil has DPPH• radical (IC50 = 37.70 μg/mL), ABTS•+ radical (IC50 = 34.03 μg/mL), superoxide anion (IC50 = 36.57 μg/mL), nitric oxide radical (IC50 = 29.15 μg/mL), hydrogen peroxide (IC50 = 43.93 μg/mL) and hydroxyl radical (IC50 = 29.99 μg/mL) radical scavenging activities. Thus, the essential oil of M. peregrina can be considered as an alternate choice to the synthetic antioxidants.
AB - In the present study, the chemical composition and antioxidant potential of essential oil from the seed kernel of Moringa peregrina were studied. Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry analyses of the essential oil revealed that the oil contains 33 compounds. Among that, geijerene was identified as the major compound (33.38%) followed by linalool (23.36%), caryophyllene oxide (19.28%), n-hexadecane (12.59%) and carvacrol (1.89%). The antioxidant activity indicated that the essential oil has DPPH• radical (IC50 = 37.70 μg/mL), ABTS•+ radical (IC50 = 34.03 μg/mL), superoxide anion (IC50 = 36.57 μg/mL), nitric oxide radical (IC50 = 29.15 μg/mL), hydrogen peroxide (IC50 = 43.93 μg/mL) and hydroxyl radical (IC50 = 29.99 μg/mL) radical scavenging activities. Thus, the essential oil of M. peregrina can be considered as an alternate choice to the synthetic antioxidants.
KW - Antioxidant activity
KW - Chemical composition
KW - Moringa peregrina
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.01.030
DO - 10.1016/j.sajb.2019.01.030
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061127530
SN - 0254-6299
VL - 129
SP - 100
EP - 105
JO - South African Journal of Botany
JF - South African Journal of Botany
ER -