Chemical Composition, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oil from Pedicularis condensata BIEB

Abstract

P edicularis L. is a large hemi parasitic genus and, 12 taxa of Pedicularis are existing in Turkey [1]. Traditionally, Pedicularis was placed in Scrophulariaceae but, this genus has been transferred to Orobanchaceae based on molecular evidence [2,3]. Iridois and phenylpropanoid glycosides were isolated from P. condensata Bieb. [4]. Lignans glycosides, flavonoids and alkaloids were also obtained from some members of the Pedicularis as well as Iridois and phenylpropanoid glycosides [5]. Some species of the Pedicularis are used as traditional medicine by Chinese people [5]. Li et al. (2014) also determined that extracts of some species of Pedicularis from China have antitumor, hepatoprotective, anti-oxidative, antibacterial activity, antihaemolysis, fatigue relief of skeletal muscle and nootropic effects. The genus Pedicularis comprising about 500 medicinal herbs and mostly endemic to China, is one of those genera of this family [6]. Several species of this genus,

Pedicularis L. Genus: Systematics, Botany, Phytochemistry, Chemotaxonomy, Ethnopharmacology, and Other

“…ex M.Bieb (a.n.). The first one was collected in Turkey and showed the presence of several typical components of essential oils, i.e., more or less oxidized hydrocarbon derivatives and volatile terpenes [10]. The same composition was also observed in the accession of P. wilhelmsiana collected in Iran [11].…”

“…The phytochemical analyses of the studied plants were carried out by following the common procedures. In particular, the essential oils were studied through hydrodistillation and gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis [10,11,12,13].…”