Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Original Article

J App Pharm Sci. 2016; 6(12): 157-161


Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil of leaves and flowers of Alternanthera sessilis red from Sabah

Mohammad Shaheen Khan, Samina Khan Yusufzai, Lim Phaik Kaun, Muhammad Dawood Shah, Rubia Idris.




Abstract

In the present study, chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oil from the aerial parts of Alternanthera sessilis red has been investigated. The chemical composition of essential oil of A. sessilis red was determined by GC-MS analysis. Determination of antioxidant nature of A. sessilis red was carried out by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging method using butylated hydroxytoulene (BHT) as the positive control. The major components of essential oil of leaves, as analyzed by the GC-MS were found to be 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexamethyl-3,3-bis[trimethylsilyl)oxy]trisiloxane (15.43%), S,S-dioxide trans-2-methyl-4-N-pentylthiane (11.27%), didodecyl phthalate (10.62%) and tetrahydro-2,5-dimethoxy furan (10.01%). However, the major components of essential oil of flower were 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexamethyl-3,3-bis[trimethylsilyl)oxy]trisiloxane (17.76%), trans-4-ethyl-5-octyl-2,2-bis(trifluromethyl)-1,3-dioxolane (11.12%) and tetrahydro-2,5-dimethoxy furan ( 9.10%).

Key words: Alternanthera sessilis, Antioxidant Activity, BHT, 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, Essential Oil, GC-MS analysis






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.