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Biomolecules ; 13(7)2023 07 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37509192

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(1) Background: The essential oils (EOs) of Sideritis L. have attracted great interest due to their pharmacological activities and potential applications in the cosmetic and perfume industries. The aim of this work was to study the EO chemical composition of three of the most popular, in Greece, mountain tea species: namely, these include Sideritis scardica, Sideritis raeseri, and Sideritis syriaca. (2) Methods: The EOs were obtained from the aerial parts of three Sideritis species that were cultivated in various regions of Greece by hydrodistillation, and the chemical composition was studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. (3) Results: The EOs of the Sideritis species-S. scardica (SSC1, SSC2, SSC3), S. raeseri (SR1, SR2, SR3), and S. syriaca (SS1, SS2, SS3)-were analyzed by GC-MS, and they showed both qualitatively and quantitatively high variation in their chemical composition. (4) Conclusions: The EOs of S. scardica and S. raeseri from three different regions of Greece, and the S. syriaca from three different localities of Crete Island in Southern Greece, showed high chemical variability. Although 165 different components were found to be present in the nine samples through GC-MS analysis, only 7 (1-octen-3-ol, linalool, trans-pinocarveol, p-mentha-1,5-dien-8-ol, α-terpineol, myrtenol, and verbenone) were common components in the nine EOs, which were identified to be highly variable in different percentages among the samples. Even the EOs of SS1 and SS2, which were cultivated nearby, showed different GC profiles. The composition variation observed might be attributed to differentiations in the soil and climatic conditions.


Asunto(s)
Aceites Volátiles , Sideritis , Aceites Volátiles/química , Cromatografía de Gases y Espectrometría de Masas , Sideritis/química , Grecia , Extractos Vegetales/farmacología
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J Sci Food Agric ; 101(2): 414-423, 2021 Jan 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32643805

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BACKGROUND: Aloe vera is a popular medicinal plant used widely by the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries. The A. vera leaf gel, which is used mostly for its positive effects on human health, contains over 75 different bioactive compounds, including aloin. Aloin is a toxic compound, and its content in A. vera leaf gel products depends on the different cultivation conditions and especially on leaf processing. RESULTS: In this study, A. vera leaf gel products, varied in terms of leaf processing, were analyzed using liquid chromatography for their aloin content, their antioxidant activity by 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) radical cation (ABTS·+ ) and the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH· ) antioxidant activity assays and their toxicity against Aliivibrio fisheri and SH-SY5Y cells. In the samples processed with industrial methods and in those filtered in the lab, the content of aloin was found below the limit (0.1 mg L-1 ) of the EU legislation however, the unprocessed and unfiltered samples were found to contain more than 10 mg L-1 . Antioxidant activity was estimated to vary from 1.64 to 9.21 µmol Trolox mL-1 for DPPH· and from 0.73 to 5.14 µmol Trolox mL-1 for ABTS·+ . Toxicity values on A. fisheri, expressed as the concentration at 50% loss of initial luminescence, ranged from 0.03 to 0.09 mg mL-1 . The cytotoxic study indicated that aloin A at low concentrations (1 and 10 µg mL-1 ) protects SH-SY5Y cells from toxicity induced by hydrogen peroxide. CONCLUSIONS: Consequently, the filtration process of A. vera leaf gels, either laboratory or industrial, resulted in aloin A content below the EU legislation detection limits. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.


Asunto(s)
Aloe/química , Antioxidantes/análisis , Emodina/análogos & derivados , Preparaciones de Plantas/análisis , Aliivibrio fischeri/efectos de los fármacos , Antioxidantes/toxicidad , Línea Celular , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Emodina/análisis , Emodina/toxicidad , Grecia , Humanos , Extractos Vegetales/análisis , Extractos Vegetales/toxicidad , Hojas de la Planta/química , Preparaciones de Plantas/toxicidad
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Phytochem Anal ; 23(1): 34-43, 2012.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21618307

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INTRODUCTION: Mentha pulegium L. (pennyroyal) is one of the four most commercially important Mentha species, even it is not a cultivated plant. It can be abundantly located in the Iberian Peninsula and North African countries. In Greece it grows in the wild and it is scattered all over the country. Pennyroyal is best known for its essential oil, with Spain and Morocco being the largest producers in the world. Mid-infrared spectroscopy has been applied to determine the origin of various samples. OBJECTIVES: In this work Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) combined with canonical discriminant analysis has been applied to distinguish 70 Greek pennyroyal samples according to their collection areas. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Pennyroyal nonpolar organic extracts were prepared using ultrasound-assisted solvent extraction. The spectra of the extracts were recorded in the range of 4000-400 cm(-1) and the best discrimination was achieved in the spectral region 1720-1650 cm(-1) . RESULTS: Spectral features for the discrimination of pennyroyal samples among the different collection areas occur primarily in the carbonyl region and are correlated with the main volatile constituents of the extracts (menthone, isomenthone, pulegone, piperitone). All areas were easily differentiated by canonical discriminant analysis. The percentages of correct classification and validation were 94.3 and 90.0%, respectively. CONCLUSION: The combination of FT-IR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis provides a rapid and ambient method to discriminate pennyroyal samples in terms of geographical origin.


Asunto(s)
Mentha pulegium/química , Mentha pulegium/clasificación , Aceites Volátiles/análisis , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier/métodos , Cromatografía de Gases , Monoterpenos Ciclohexánicos , Análisis Discriminante , Geografía , Grecia , Mentol/análisis , Mentol/química , Mentol/aislamiento & purificación , Monoterpenos/análisis , Monoterpenos/química , Monoterpenos/aislamiento & purificación , Aceites Volátiles/química , Aceites Volátiles/aislamiento & purificación , Aceites de Plantas/análisis , Aceites de Plantas/química , Aceites de Plantas/aislamiento & purificación
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J Agric Food Chem ; 58(2): 1305-12, 2010 Jan 27.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20028014

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In this paper, 345 saffron samples were analyzed from different countries to study their picrocrocin content using different analytical techniques. The E1cm 1% of 257 nm results from all samples are inflated in comparison by the high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) data, because of the interferences with the crocetin ester pool and especially with those with a lower trans/cis relation. A picrocrocin range update is proposed for International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 3632 normative because category III should be incremented up to 50 units, while category II should be incremented up to 60 units. More accurate data are achieved when the deltaEpic measurement is carried out. Consequently, improvements to the ISO method are suggested. Fourier transform (FT)-near-infrared spectrometry analysis has also been carried out, showing excellent results from the calibration with HPLC data. This spectrophotometric technique could be used by saffron enterprises to obtain quick and more accurate data for picrocrocin determination.


Asunto(s)
Crocus/química , Ciclohexenos/análisis , Glucósidos/análisis , Extractos Vegetales/análisis , Terpenos/análisis , Cromatografía Líquida de Alta Presión , Geografía
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DNA Cell Biol ; 26(1): 63-70, 2007 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17263598

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Saffron comes from the dried red stigmas of the Crocus sativus L. flower. Except for its use in cooking and in traditional medicine, it has numerous applications as an antitoxic, antioxidant, and anticancer agent due to its secondary metabolites and their derivatives (safranal, crocins, crocetin, dimethylcrocetin). However, there has been no information on the interactions of these secondary metabolites with individual DNA at molecular level. This study was designed to examine the interaction of safranal, crocetin (CRT), and dimethylcrocetin (DMCRT) with calf-thymus DNA in aqueous solution at physiological conditions, using constant DNA concentration (6.25 mM) and various drug/DNA(phosphate) molar ratios from 1/48 to 1/2. FTIR and UV-visible difference spectroscopic methods are used to determine the drug binding sites, the binding constants, and the effects of carotenoids and safranal complexation on the stability and conformation of DNA duplex. Both intercalative and external binding modes were observed, with overall binding constants K(safranal) = 1.24 x 10(3) M(-1), K(CRT) = 6.2 x 10(3) M(-1) and K(DMCRT) = 1.85 x 10(5) M(-1) A partial B- to A-DNA transition occurs at high carotenoids and safranal concentrations.


Asunto(s)
Carotenoides/química , Crocus/química , Ciclohexenos/química , ADN/química , Terpenos/química , Animales , Bovinos , Flores/química , Conformación de Ácido Nucleico , Preparaciones de Plantas/química , Soluciones , Espectrofotometría Ultravioleta , Espectroscopía Infrarroja por Transformada de Fourier , Vitamina A/análogos & derivados , Agua
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