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Title:		Chemometric Comparison and Classification of Some Essential Oils Extracted from Plants Belonging to Apiaceae and Lamiaceae Families Based on Their Chemical Composition and Biological Activities
Author(s):		Semeniuc CA; Socaciu MI; Socaci SA; Muresan V; Fogarasi M; Rotar AM;
Address:		"Department of Food Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. cristina.semeniuc@usamvcluj.ro. Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. maria-ioana.socaciu@usamvcluj.ro. Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. sonia.socaci@usamvcluj.ro. Department of Food Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. vlad.muresan@usamvcluj.ro. Department of Food Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. melinda.nagy@usamvcluj.ro. Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3-5 Manastur St., 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. anca.rotar@usamvcluj.ro"
Journal Title:		Molecules
Year:		2018
Volume:		20180905
Issue:		9
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/molecules23092261
ISSN/ISBN:		1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking)
Abstract:		"This study is focused on the comparison and classification of parsley, lovage, basil, and thyme essential oils (EOs) based on their chemical composition, total phenolic content, antioxidant and antibacterial activities by using appropriate chemometric methods: Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA). The results showed that parsley, lovage, and thyme EOs are rich in monoterpene hydrocarbons, but basil EO is rich in oxygenated monoterpenes and phenylpropanoids, and that both PCA and HCA separated essential oils into two main groups of which one contains two sub-groups. beta-Phellandrene was the major component identified in parsley and lovage EOs, estragole was the major component in basil EO, and p-cymene was the major component in thyme EO. Thyme EO showed the highest level of total phenolics, the highest antioxidant capacity, and exhibited the stronger antibacterial activity, results that were emphasized by both chemometric methods used. Among tested essential oils, the one of parsley was distinguished by a low total TPC, weak antioxidant activity, and weak antibacterial activity against S. enteritidis (ATCC 13076); lovage EO by low TPC, weak antioxidant activity, but moderate antibacterial activity; and basil EO by low TPC, moderate antioxidant activity, and weak antibacterial activity against L. monocytogenes (ATCC 19114)"
Keywords:		"Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry/pharmacology Antioxidants/chemistry/pharmacology Apiaceae/*chemistry Lamiaceae/*chemistry Microbial Sensitivity Tests Oils, Volatile/*chemistry/*pharmacology Phenol/chemistry/pharmacology Phytochemicals/chemistry/pharmacolo;"
Notes:		"MedlineSemeniuc, Cristina Anamaria Socaciu, Maria-Ioana Socaci, Sonia Ancuta Muresan, Vlad Fogarasi, Melinda Rotar, Ancuta Mihaela eng PN-III-P2-2.1-CI-2017-0034/Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CCCDI - UEFISCDI/ PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2016-0113/Ministry of Research and Innovation, CNCS - UEFISCDI/ Switzerland 2018/09/08 Molecules. 2018 Sep 5; 23(9):2261. doi: 10.3390/molecules23092261"