Lemongrass (Cymbopogon spp.) Oils

Abdulazeez, Mansurah A.; Abdullahi, Abdulmalik S.; James, Bolanle D.

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“…Actually, Lemongrass might be extracted to obtain essential oils useful for various application such as perfumery, cosmetics, flavor and fragrance ingredients, food preservative, pharmaceutical and medicinal application (Desai et al 2013). Lemongrass essential oil is regarded as one of the most important essential oils being produced and regarded as safe (Abdulazeez et al 2016). Lemongrass contains several bioactive compounds, due to it has broad bioactivity such as antibacterial activity, antioxidant activity, antifungal activity, antidiabetic activity, antigout activity (Mirghani et al 2012;Balakrishman et al 2014;Ekpenyong et al 2015;Liakos et al 2016).…”

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“…The Cymbopogon genus is comprised of about 55 species, indigenous to tropical and semi-tropical areas of Asia and cultivated in South and Central America, and other tropical countries (Abdulazeez et al 2016) Two main species, Cymbopogon flexuosus and Cymbopogon citratus. vastly cultivated in different regions of the world due to the high citral content in their essential oil (Haque et al 2018).…”

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“…Geranial and neral contents of C. citratus essential oil from Mali are 45.3-56.2 % and 21.3-32.5%, respectively, while Geranial and neral contents of C. citratus essential oil from Ivory Coast are 30.5-34.5-34.0% and 23.3-26.3%, respectively (Sidibé et al 2011). Lemongrass contains approximately 1-2% of essential oils in dry mass and has a wide variation in chemical composition as a function of genetic diversity, habitat, weather, cultural treatment, harvesting age, extraction techniques and parts of lemongrass (Mirghani et al 2012;Putra et al 2012;Abdulazeez et al 2016;Yen and Lin 2017).…”

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Short Communication: Detection of bioactive compounds in essential oil from lemongrass cultivated in Ngantang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

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Abstract. Hartatie ES, Prihartini I, Widodo W, Wahyudi A. 2020. Short Communication: Detection of bioactive compounds in essential oil from lemongrass cultivated in Ngantang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 21: 2821-2825. Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) commonly known as West Indian lemongrass is a member of the Poaceae family and belongs to genus Cymbopogon. It is one of the plants commonly used in fresh form as a spice by the people in Indonesia and widely planted in the yard of the house. Lemongrass contains several bioactive compounds and it might be extracted to obtain essential oils useful for many applications such as flavor and fragrance ingredients, perfumery, cosmetics, food preservation, pharmaceutical. The chemical composition of essentials oil can be variable, according to the genetic diversity, habitat, weather, and cultural treatment. The aim of study was to investigate the bioactive compounds in essential oil from lemongrass stalk and lemongrass leaves which cultivated in Ngantang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Detection of bioactive compounds was carried out by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The results of study are the main compound in lemongrass essential oil was citral. There is a difference between the citral content of essential oils from lemongrass stalk compared to essential oils from lemongrass leaves, both in quantity and components. The citral (geranial and neral) content of essential oil made from stalk was higher than made from leaves, but the amount of bioactive compounds of essential oils from leaves more than from the stalk.

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“…Cymbopogon flexuous is an aldehyde type grass and mainly contains citral (60-80%) which is an isomeric mixture of neral and geranial (higher in quantity than neral) (Abdulazeez et al, 2016;Kakarla and Ganjewala, 2009). This citral content can be used as a quality marker for lemongrass EO (Abdulazeez et al, 2016). Remaining constituents are elemol, geraniol, geranyl acetate, nerol, isoneral, citronellal, isogeranial citronellyl acetate which together make up about 10-20% of lemongrass EO.…”

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Biosynthesis of Lemongrass Essential Oil and the Underlying Mechanism for Its Insecticidal Activity

Mukarram

Khan

Zehra

et al. 2021

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

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Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) is an aromatic perennial grass grown extensively for its essential oil. Lemongrass oil is chiefly a mixture of various cyclic and acyclic bioactive monoterpenes. We reviewed lemongrass oil and its biosynthesis in the present chapter along with its biochemical composition. Furthermore, we attempted to explore both the possible routes for essential oil biosynthesis in lemongrass, i.e. mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways and how these pathways interwind with each other. Lemongrass oil has high commercial potential in medicinal, cosmetic, food and energy industries. Regarding the pharmacological properties, a wide array of biological activities has been observed in lemongrass oil such as antimicrobial, insecticidal, analgesic and anti-cancer properties as well as its efficacy as insect-repellent. The later sections were dedicated for the analysis of insecticidal property of the lemongrass oil and the mechanism working behind this phenomenon where it was observed that in addition to synergistic effects, various components of lemongrass oil can also induce specific neurotoxic and cytotoxic responses in the insects.

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“…However, the high reactivity, the hydrophobicity and the high levels necessary to achieve antimicrobial activity of EOs represent a great challenge 1 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Industrias, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Instituto de Tecnología de Alimentos y Procesos Químicos (ITAPROQ), CONICET -Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina for their direct incorporation in foods without affecting their sensory attributes (Hyldgaard et al, 2012). Lemongrass (LG) EO has a broad antifungal spectrum and a high antifungal potency, it could be used in foods like fruit juices (Abdulazeez et al, 2016;Tyagi et al, 2014). Both cinnamon leaf (CL) and cinnamon bark (CB) EOs are extracted from different parts of the tree and they have different properties.…”

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Lemongrass and cinnamon oil nanoemulsions: Formulation and study of their physical stability and activity against Zygosaccharomyces bailii

González

Zalazar

Pedreira

et al. 2021

Food sci. technol. int.

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The optimal conditions for elaborating oil/water nanoemulsions of lemongrass (LG), cinnamon bark (CB) and cinnamon leaves (CL) essential oils and their antimicrobial activity against Zygosaccharomyces bailii at pH 4.00 were studied. The effect of the emulsification methodology on the physical stability and antimicrobial activity of the nanoemulsions were also evaluated. Furthermore, the sensory impact of nanoemulsions added to an apple juice was tested. LG and CL nanoemulsions were elaborated by ultrasonication and CB nanoemulsion, by high-speed homogenization. They were stable for at least 120 days at 25 °C. They exhibited antimicrobial activity against Z. bailii being CB the most effective since it showed the smallest MIC value (156.3 mg/l), followed by LG (468.8 mg/l) and CL (1250.0 mg/l). A slight increase in growth rate was observed due to ultrasonication. An additive interaction in relation to the inhibitory effect between LG and CB nanoemulsions against Z. bailii was observed. While nanoemulsions obtained would be used as natural antimicrobial agents in food and beverage products, only LG nanoemulsion at MIC concentration diluted was acceptable in juice showing the sensory impact of essential oils on foods.

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Lemongrass (Cymbopogon spp.) Oils

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Short Communication: Detection of bioactive compounds in essential oil from lemongrass cultivated in Ngantang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Short Communication: Detection of bioactive compounds in essential oil from lemongrass cultivated in Ngantang, Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Biosynthesis of Lemongrass Essential Oil and the Underlying Mechanism for Its Insecticidal Activity

Lemongrass and cinnamon oil nanoemulsions: Formulation and study of their physical stability and activity against Zygosaccharomyces bailii

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