Title: | Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activities of the Essential Oil and Extracts of Satureja subspicata Vis. Growing in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Author(s): | Bektasevic M; Carev I; Roje M; Jurin M; Politeo O; |
Address: | "Department of Biochemistry, Biotechnical Faculty, Luke Marjanovica bb, 77000, Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Rudera Boskovica 35, 21000, Split, Croatia. Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. Division of Materials Chemistry, Ruder Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1612-1880 (Electronic) 1612-1872 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The phytochemical composition and the antioxidant activities of the essential oil, as well as methanol and hot water extracts of endemic Satureja subspicata Vis. growing in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), were described. beta-Caryophyllene, cis-beta-ocimene, and alpha-pinene, identified by GC/MS and GC-FID, were the dominant oil components. The major compound of both of extracts, identified by HPLC-DAD, was rosmarinic acid. The analyzed essential oil showed moderate antioxidant activity. In this first report on the extracts of S. subspicata growing in BiH, the obtained results showed a high content of rosmarinic acid, as well as considerable amount of total phenols and flavonoids. Compared to the hot water extract, the methanol extract exhibits higher antioxidant potential, measured by DPPH and FRAP assay (IC(50) = 0.45 g/l and 1879.43 equiv. Fe(2+) mum), while the hot water extract showed higher potential in inhibition of linoleic acid oxidation (51.7% and 61.5% for 1 and 10 g/l). A good antioxidant potential of the tested extracts indicates their potential use as antioxidants, particularly for lipid protection, and partly explains the justification of the use of this plant in traditional medicine of BiH" |
Keywords: | "Antioxidants/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology Bosnia and Herzegovina Free Radical Scavengers/metabolism Oils, Volatile/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology Phytochemicals/chemistry/isolation & purification/*pharmacology Plant E;" |
Notes: | "MedlineBektasevic, Mejra Carev, Ivana Roje, Marin Jurin, Mladenka Politeo, Olivera eng Switzerland 2017/07/12 Chem Biodivers. 2017 Oct; 14(10). doi: 10.1002/cbdv.201700239. Epub 2017 Sep 30" |