Chemical composition by nano scale injection and antioxidant activity of Cleome iberica DC
A. BAMONIRI1,*
,
A. MAZOOCHI1,
A. H. EBRAHIMABADI1,
B. F. MIRJALILI2,
M. BEHPOUR1,
J. SAFAEI-GHOMI1,
H. BATOOLI3
Affiliation
- Essential Oils Research Center, University of Kashan, Kashan, I. R. Iran
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, I. R. Iran
- Isfahan Research Center of Natural Sources, Kashan Station, Kashan, I. R. Iran
Abstract
The chemical composition by nano scale injection and antioxidant activity of the essential oil and the methanolic extract
from aerial parts of Cleome iberica have been studied. GC and GC-MS analyses of the essential oil resulted in the
identification of 14 compounds, representing 99.97% of the oil. lavandulyl acetate (26.63%), p-cymene (13.73%), geranyl
acetate (11.99%) and neryl acetate (9.27%) were the main components, comprising 61.62% of the oil. In vitro antioxidant
properties of the essential oil and the methanolic extract were determined by DPPH, β-carotene-linoleic acid assay methods
and compared to those of the synthetic antioxidant BHT. Results of both assay methods indicated that the methanolic
extract has superior antioxidant activity to essential oil. Also, total phenolic content of the extract was determined as gallic
acid equivalent.
Keywords
Cleome iberica, Capparidaceae, Essential oil, GC-MS, Antioxidant activity.
Citation
A. BAMONIRI, A. MAZOOCHI, A. H. EBRAHIMABADI, B. F. MIRJALILI, M. BEHPOUR, J. SAFAEI-GHOMI, H. BATOOLI, Chemical composition by nano scale injection and antioxidant activity of Cleome iberica DC, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 7, July 2009, pp.744-748 (2009).
Submitted at: June 28, 2009
Accepted at: July 20, 2009