The study of essential oil composition and antioxidant activity of Oliveria decumbens collected from different regions of Khuzestan province.

Subject Areas : Medicinal Plants

Seyed Mohammad Hosein Ale Omrani Nejad ¹ , Ali Rezvani Aghdam ²

1 - Department of Agriculture, International Khoramshahr-Persian gulf Branch, Islamic Azad University, khoramshahr, Iran.
2 - Department of Agriculture, International Khoramshahr-Persian gulf Branch, Islaic Azad University, Khoramshahr, Iran.

Received: 2017-04-25 Accepted : 2018-08-19 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Carvacrol, Thymol, Antioxidant, Khuzestan province, Oliveria decumbens,

Abstract :

Aromatic herbs are considered the most valuable antioxidant source in nature. In this research, 3 different ecotypes of Oliveria decumbens Vent plant were collected from three important regions in Khuzestan province, including Behbahan, Shushtar and Masjed Soleyman in flowering stage. Essential oil was extracted by Clevenger aparatus; and identified essential oil component by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry(GC -Mass). The antioxidant activities were specified using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. The highest Thymol (29.67) and Carvacrol (27.88%), the dominant compositions in essential oil, were detected in Behbahan region. The percentage of degradation of DPPH free radicals in different concentrations of essential oil including 50, 100, 200, 300, and 400 μl were calculated to determine the antioxidant activity of the essential oil. The IC50 values were calculated 34.21, 26.85 and 21.23 respectively for harvested plants from Shushtar, Masjed Soleyman and Behbahan regions. Finally, Behbahan ecotype with the highest antiradical properties can be considered as a new natural source of antioxidant supply.

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