Daucus carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball from Pantelleria, Sicily (Italy): isolation of essential oils and evaluation of their bioactivity

is a genus of economically important plants belonging to Apiaceae family spread in temperate regions. Species of this genus are used as food and several biological properties have reported. The chemical composition of the essential oils from different organs (roots, stems and flowers) of subsp. , a...

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Published in:Natural product research 2022-11, Vol.36 (22), p.1-5847
Main Authors: Badalamenti, Natale, Modica, Aurora, Ilardi, Vincenzo, Bruno, Maurizio, Maresca, Viviana, Zanfardino, Anna, Di Napoli, Michela, Castagliuolo, Giusy, Varcamonti, Mario, Basile, Adriana
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antimicrobial activity
Biological activity
Biological properties
Catalase
Chemical composition
Daucus carota
E coli
Essential oils
Flowers
Glutathione
Glutathione peroxidase
Leukocytes
Leukocytes (polymorphonuclear)
Peroxidase
Roots
Stems
Superoxide dismutase
Terpinene
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Summary:is a genus of economically important plants belonging to Apiaceae family spread in temperate regions. Species of this genus are used as food and several biological properties have reported. The chemical composition of the essential oils from different organs (roots, stems and flowers) of subsp. , a species not previously investigated, was analyzed by GC-MS. Our results showed the presence of -phellandrene as the most abundant component of stems and flowers and of -terpinene as a major compound of the oil from the roots. Flower essential oil caused a greater increase in the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) cells compared to stem and root essential oils. The antimicrobial activity of the flower and stem oil were more effective, compared to root oil, against and .
ISSN:1478-6419
1478-6427
DOI:10.1080/14786419.2021.2018588