title: Phytochemical components, total phenol and mineral contents and antioxidant activity of six major medicinal plants from Rayen, Iran.
abstract: The aim of this work was to evaluate the phytochemical components, minerals, the antioxidant activity and total phenol contents of the essential oil from aerial parts of six major medicinal plants in Rayen, Iran. The plants included Ranunculus arvensis, Teucrium polium, Dracocephalum polychaetum, Kelussia odoratissima, Artemisia sieberi and Thymus kotschyanus. Total phenol content ranged from 0.03 to 0.158 mg/mL. A. sieberi showed the highest radical scavenging ability (IC50= 94 μg/mL). The amount of minerals ranged as follows: P (0.23-29%), K (1.08-4.76%), Ca (0.78-2.35%), Mg (0.24-0.94%), Cu (8.3-15 mg/kg), Cd (0.7-1.1 mg/kg), Pb (2-11.7 mg/kg) and Fe (250-1280 mg/kg). A total of 79 compounds were identified across all plants. The main components studied in the plants were l-perillaldehyde, biosol, carvacrol, 1,8-cineol, terpinyl acetate and 1,2,3,6,7,7 a-hexahydro-5 h-inden 5-one.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science , Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman , Kerman , Iran.|b Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science , University of Jiroft , Jiroft , Iran.
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boroomand
authors.affiliation: c Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture , University of Jiroft , Jiroft , Iran.|d Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticultural Crops , University of Jiroft , Jiroft , Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadat-Hosseini
authors.affiliation: e Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Soil Science , Tarbiat Modares University , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moghbeli
authors.affiliation: f Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding , College of Abourihan, University of Tehran , Tehran , Iran.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farajpour
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019306:Artemisia / Q000737:chemistry; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D000081007:Cymenes; D000077591:Eucalyptol; D007492:Iran; D008903:Minerals / Q000032:analysis; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D031947:Ranunculus / Q000737:chemistry; D046930:Thymus Plant / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D000081007:Cymenes; D008903:Minerals; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010636:Phenols; D010936:Plant Extracts; C033342:perillaldehyde; C073316:carvacrol; D000077591:Eucalyptol
keywords: Medicinal plants; mineral content; phytochemical components