Chemical components of essential oils from Meconopsis oliverana and their antioxidant activity.
- Author:
Ang GAO
1
;
Bing ZHAO
;
Jiang GONG
;
Shi-Feng NI
;
Chao CUI
;
Mo YAO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Antioxidants; chemistry; metabolism; Biphenyl Compounds; metabolism; Butylated Hydroxytoluene; metabolism; China; Fatty Alcohols; chemistry; isolation & purification; Free Radical Scavengers; chemistry; metabolism; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Hydroxyl Radical; metabolism; Oils, Volatile; chemistry; isolation & purification; Oxidation-Reduction; Palmitic Acid; chemistry; isolation & purification; Papaveraceae; chemistry; Picrates; metabolism; Plant Oils; chemistry; isolation & purification
- From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2013;38(2):284-288
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo study the chemical components of essential oils from Meconopsis oliverana and their antioxidant activity.
METHODThe essential oil was extracted by steam distillation, and GC-MS analysis was used to identify its constituents. The OH free radical scavenging activity of the essential oils was evaluated with an enzyme mark instrument by assay of the ability of DPPH free radical scavenging. BHT was used as positive control.
RESULTForty-seven compounds, account for 91.866% of the essential oils, were identified. The ability of scavenging OH and DPPH radicals of the essential oils is stronger than that of BHT.
CONCLUSIONThe main chemical constituents of the essential oils from M. oliverana are n-hexadecanoic acid (27.653%) and 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (16.330%). And the essential oils showed strong antioxidant activity.
