| Title: | Essential Oil Constituents and Antioxidant Activity of Asplenium Ferns |
| Author(s): | Hammami S; Snene A; El Mokni R; Faidi K; Falconieri D; Dhaouadi H; Piras A; Mighri Z; Porcedda S; |
| Address: | "Research Unit Applied Chemistry and Environment 13ES63, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, Monastir 5000, Tunisia h_saoussen@yahoo.fr. Research Unit Applied Chemistry and Environment 13ES63, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Monastir University, Monastir 5000, Tunisia. Laboratory of Botany and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Bizerta, Jarzouna, Bizerta 7021, Tunisia Laboratory of Pharmaceutic Botany, Monastir Faculty of Pharmacy, Monastir University, BP. 80, Avenue Avicenne, Monastir 5000, Tunisia. Industrial Technical Institute 'Michele Giua', Via Montecassino 09134, Cagliari, Italy. Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, S.P. Monserrato-Sestu km 0,700, Monserrato, CA, 09042, Italy" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1945-239X (Electronic) 0021-9665 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Two fern species Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L. and Asplenium trichomanes L. collected from the Kroumiria region (Northwest of Tunisia) were individually submitted to hydrodistillation in a Clevenger type apparatus. Volatile organic compounds were identified by GC-MS and GC-FID. Thus, 35 compounds were identified in A. adiantum-nigrum essential oil accounting for 77.5% of the whole constituents dominated by palmitic acid (34.5%); however, only 29 volatiles were identified in A. trichomanes showing a high amount of phytol, an odorous diterpene alcohol, representing 14.4% of the total oil contents. The total phenolic content and the antioxidant effects of crude extracts from both pteridophytes were determined using Folin-Ciocalteu and 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical-scavenging assays, respectively. A. adiantum-nigrum ethyl acetate extract is shown to be lower in total phenolic contents (49.3 mg gallic acid equivalent/g) than similar extract from A. trichomanes (55.4 mg GAE/g)" |
| Keywords: | "Antioxidants/isolation & purification/pharmacology Ferns/*chemistry Oils, Volatile/*chemistry/isolation & purification Plant Extracts/*chemistry/*pharmacology Tunisia;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineHammami, Saoussen Snene, Ali El Mokni, Ridha Faidi, Khaled Falconieri, Danilo Dhaouadi, Hatem Piras, Alessandra Mighri, Zine Porcedda, Silvia eng 2016/05/12 J Chromatogr Sci. 2016 Sep; 54(8):1341-5. doi: 10.1093/chromsci/bmw071. Epub 2016 May 10" |
