| Title: | "Clove Essential Oil (Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae): Extraction, Chemical Composition, Food Applications, and Essential Bioactivity for Human Health" |
| Author(s): | Haro-Gonzalez JN; Castillo-Herrera GA; Martinez-Velazquez M; Espinosa-Andrews H; |
| Address: | "Food Technology Unit, Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco, A.C., Camino Arenero # 1227, Col. El Bajio del Arenal, Zapopan 45019, Mexico. Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Unit, Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco, A.C., Av. Normalistas 800, Col. Colinas de la Normal, Guadalajara 44270, Mexico" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules26216387 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L. Myrtaceae) is an aromatic plant widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries, rich in volatile compounds and antioxidants such as eugenol, beta-caryophyllene, and alpha-humulene. Clove essential oil has received considerable interest due to its wide application in the perfume, cosmetic, health, medical, flavoring, and food industries. Clove essential oil has biological activity relevant to human health, including antimicrobial, antioxidant, and insecticidal activity. The impacts of the extraction method (hydrodistillation, steam distillation, ultrasound-assisted extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, cold pressing, and supercritical fluid extraction) on the concentration of the main volatile compounds in clove essential oil and organic clove extracts are shown. Eugenol is the major compound, accounting for at least 50%. The remaining 10-40% consists of eugenyl acetate, beta-caryophyllene, and alpha-humulene. The main biological activities reported are summarized. Furthermore, the main applications in clove essential oil in the food industry are presented. This review presents new biological applications beneficial for human health, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anesthetic, antinociceptive, and anticancer activity. This review aims to describe the effects of different methods of extracting clove essential oil on its chemical composition and food applications and the biological activities of interest to human health" |
| Keywords: | "Anti-Infective Agents Anti-Inflammatory Agents Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic Antioxidants Chemical Fractionation/methods Clove Oil/*chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology Dietary Supplements Food Additives Health Impact Assessment Humans Oil;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineHaro-Gonzalez, Jose Nabor Castillo-Herrera, Gustavo Adolfo Martinez-Velazquez, Moises Espinosa-Andrews, Hugo eng 844169/Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia/ Review Switzerland 2021/11/14 Molecules. 2021 Oct 22; 26(21):6387. doi: 10.3390/molecules26216387" |
