Research Article
Received: 2022-11-15 | Revised:2022-11-28 | Accepted: 2022-12-12 | Published: 2022-12-12
Pages: 88-95
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56717/jpp.2022.v01i02.011
Abstract
Peucedanum ostruthium W.D.J.Koch, commonly known as masterwort, is
a flowering perennial species in the Apiaceae family with known medicinal and
aromatic properties. This study was designed to chemically characterize the
essential oil (EO) obtained from the leaves and investigate some aspects of its
bioactivity. Thirty-two compounds were detected by gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry analysis and sesquiterpenoids identified as the dominating group
of compounds. The major ones were caryophyllene
oxide (20.7%) and spathulenol (17.2%), followed by cubenol (8.7%), δ-cadinene
(6.1%) and humulene epoxide II (5.6%). EO was evaluated in vitro
by ABTS⋅+
(2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) and DPPH⋅ (2,2-diphenyl-picryl hydrazyl) assays, showing a marked
scavenging ability, in particular towards the ABTS⋅+ radical cation (2.02 ± 0.00 μM
Trolox eq/mL). EO was also screened for phytotoxic activity against mono- and
dicotyledonous weeds. It exhibited significant effects by reducing the growth
of Lolium multiflorum Lam. and Sinapis alba L. seedlings up
to 90.7% and 76.6%, respectively.
Abstract Keywords
Masterwort,
Apiaceae, allel-epathy, radical
scavenging effects, GC-MS analysis, VOCs
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Abstract
Peucedanum ostruthium W.D.J.Koch, commonly known as masterwort, is
a flowering perennial species in the Apiaceae family with known medicinal and
aromatic properties. This study was designed to chemically characterize the
essential oil (EO) obtained from the leaves and investigate some aspects of its
bioactivity. Thirty-two compounds were detected by gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry analysis and sesquiterpenoids identified as the dominating group
of compounds. The major ones were caryophyllene
oxide (20.7%) and spathulenol (17.2%), followed by cubenol (8.7%), δ-cadinene
(6.1%) and humulene epoxide II (5.6%). EO was evaluated in vitro
by ABTS⋅+
(2,2′-azino-bis (3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) and DPPH⋅ (2,2-diphenyl-picryl hydrazyl) assays, showing a marked
scavenging ability, in particular towards the ABTS⋅+ radical cation (2.02 ± 0.00 μM
Trolox eq/mL). EO was also screened for phytotoxic activity against mono- and
dicotyledonous weeds. It exhibited significant effects by reducing the growth
of Lolium multiflorum Lam. and Sinapis alba L. seedlings up
to 90.7% and 76.6%, respectively.
Abstract Keywords
Masterwort,
Apiaceae, allel-epathy, radical
scavenging effects, GC-MS analysis, VOCs
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