Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of<i>Satureja montana</i>L. extracts

Serrano, Carmo; Matos, Olı́via; Teixeira, Bárbara; Ramos, Cristina; Neng, Nuno R.; Nogueira, J.M.F.; Nunes, María Leonor; Marques, António

doi:10.1002/jsfa.4347

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“…Additionally, camphor was determined as the major compound of S. visianii Silic (Bezic et al, 2009;Dunkic & Bezic, 2008;Vidic et al, 2009). It is possible to increase the number of these kinds of examples as the following: isomenthone for S. boliviana (Dambolena et al, 2009;Hatami et al, 2011;Senatore et al, 1998), thymoquinone (Grosso et al, 2009b;Mastelic & Jerkovic, 2003;Palavra et al, 2011;Taborsky et al, 2012), geraniol (Cavar et al, 2008;Mastelic & Jerkovic, 2003;Radonic & Milos, 2003b), and carvacrol methyl ether (Serrano et al, 2011;Skocibusic & Bezic, 2004) for S. montana.…”

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A pharmacological and phytochemical overview onSatureja

Tepe

Çilkiz

2015

Pharmaceutical Biology

102

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Context: Satureja (Lamiaceae) species are used as flavoring compounds in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries because of its sweetness and simple cultivation characteristics. They have traditionally been used as muscle pain relievers, tonic, and carminative agents to treat stomach and intestinal disorders such as cramps, nausea, indigestion, and diarrhea, due to their considerable phytochemical characteristics. Objective: This review evaluates some information published since 1989 on Satureja genus from a systematic perspective in terms of its pharmacological and phytochemical characteristics. Materials and methods: Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases were searched up to March 2014. ''Satureja'' was used as a research term without narrowing or limiting research elements. After obtaining all reports from database (a total number is about 637), the papers were carefully analyzed in order to find data related to the topic of this review. Results: In this review, 453 reports were used which were published between 1989 and 2014. The study was compiled into two sections (Pharmacology and Phytochemistry). In the pharmacology section, more than 50 different activities were studied. In the second section, in addition to other compounds and inorganic substances, volatiles, phenolic acids, and flavonoids were discussed. Discussion and conclusion: According to our contemporary information, Satureja species have been evaluated for their wide range of biological activities. However, a small part of these studies have been carried out on the active principles. Therefore, in the future, more studies should be carried out to identify responsible phytochemicals for the various activities.

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Section: Volatiles (Terpenes)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A pharmacological and phytochemical overview onSatureja

Tepe

Çilkiz

2015

Pharmaceutical Biology

102

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“…carvacrol or thymol. Various techniques were used: 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay [63,69,70,71,72], β-carotene bleaching test [68,70,72], thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) assay [67,69,73], ferric ion reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay [72], oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay [74] and method measuring the formation of hydroperoxydienes from linoleic acid [67]. With help of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy Fujisawa et al [75] found that eugenol and eugenol-related synthetic compounds possessed radical scavenging activity comparable with the activity of conventional antioxidants.…”

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Cytotoxic, anti-carcinogenic and antioxidant properties of the most frequent plant volatiles

Slameñová¹,

Horváthová²

2013

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Flowers, berries, leaves, barks and roots of different plants have been used through the ages as a source of flavor in food and perfume preparations. The volatiles responsible for the flavor of botanicals can be extracted from the plant material as "essential oils" (EOs), called also volatile oils or ethereal oils. The term essential is intended to indicate that the oil is the fragrant essence of the plant from which it is extracted. EOs are constituted by hydrocarbons (monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes) and oxygenated compounds (alcohols, esters, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, lactones, phenols and phenol ethers). Of the numerous groups of naturally occurring compounds examined so far terpenes are known as fragrances and flavoring agents. The data reported in this review including the data obtained in our laboratory show that many of EOs exhibit a range of biological activities inclusive of antioxidative, anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic activities. Most of them belong to phytochemicals with chemopreventive potential. On the other hand some herbal products can cause serious adverse effects. A complex research of toxic, genotoxic, anti-mutagenic and anti-carcinogenic effects of EOs is therefore very important.

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“…Several researchers reported herbs as rich sources of compounds with antimicrobial activity (Serrano et al, 2011;Giner et al, 2012). For meat products microbial safety is essential and the use of antimicrobials from herbs to improve the quality of meat has been an important field of research during recent years (Zhang et al, 2010;Radha Krishnan et al, 2014).…”

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