title: Antioxidant, nitric oxide scavenging and malondialdehyde scavenging activities of essential oils from different chemotypes of Zataria multiflora.
abstract: The antioxidant, nitric oxide (NO) scavenging and malondialdehyde (MDA) scavenging activities of different Zataria multiflora (ZM) chemotype essential oils (EOs) were investigated. The main components are: ZM1 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM2 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM3 (carvacrol, p-cymene), ZM4 (linalool), ZM5 (carvacrol, p-cymene, thymol), ZM6 (thymol, carvacrol, p-cymene, γ-terpienene), ZM7 (thymol, p-cymene, γ-terpienene) and ZM8 (carvacrol, linalool, p-cymene, thymol). The antioxidant capacities were estimated to be 863 ± 55, 619 ± 27, 876 ± 32, 38 ± 9, 649 ± 50, 595 ± 40, 696 ± 41 and 618 ± 9 µg ascorbic acid equivalents per millilitre for ZM1 to ZM8, respectively. The NO scavenging values were estimated to be 54 ± 1.2, 50 ± 1.4, 63 ± 1, 0.60 ± 0.1, 53 ± 0.7, 53 ± 1.5, 38 ± 1.1 and 46.5 ± 3 µg ascorbic acid equivalents per millilitre for ZM1 to ZM8, respectively. The MDA scavenging values were estimated to be 19 ± 1, 9 ± 1, 24 ± 1, 1.6 ± 0.6, 12 ± 1, 11.7 ± 1, 10 ± 1 and 12.5 ± 1.3 µg ascorbic acid equivalents per millilitre for ZM1 to ZM8, respectively. Among these EOs, ZM3 with carvacrol and p-cymene had higher antioxidant, NO scavenging and MDA scavenging properties.
authors: Institute of Biotechnology, University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran.
authors: Parastoo
authors: P
authors: Karimian
authors: Gholamreza
authors: G
authors: Kavoosi
authors: Mohammad Jamal
authors: MJ
authors: Saharkhiz
mesh_terms: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D000081007:Cymenes; D019686:Lamiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000737:chemistry*; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D013943:Thymol / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000080462:Acyclic Monoterpenes; D000975:Antioxidants; D000081007:Cymenes; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; C007210:4-cymene; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D013943:Thymol; D008315:Malondialdehyde; C073316:carvacrol; C018584:linalool