Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of the Root Bark Essential Oil of Periploca sepium and Its Main Component 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde

Molecules

Jihua Wang¹  Hao Liu¹  Jianglin Zhao¹  Haifeng Gao¹  Ligang Zhou¹  Zhilong Liu¹  Yuanquan Chen¹ 

[1] College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

关键词: Asclepiadaceae;    Apocynaceae;    Periploca sepium;    essential oil;    2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde;    antimicrobial activity;    antioxidant activity;   

DOI  :  10.3390/molecules15085807

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The root bark essential oil of Periploca sepium Bunge (Asclepiadaceae/ Apocynaceae) obtained by hydrodistillation was investigated by GC and GC-MS. 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde was found to be the main component (78.8% of the total) among 17 identified compounds. 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde was separated and purified by preparative thin layer chromatography, and was further identified by means of physicochemical and spectrometric analysis. Both the essential oil and 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde exhibited antimicrobial activities on all test bacteria and fungi, with MBC/MFC values ranging from 125 μg/mL to 300 μg/mL, MIC values from 80 μg/mL to 300 μg/mL, and IC₅₀ values from 63.29 μg/mL to 167.30 μg/mL. They also showed moderate antioxidant activity in the DPPH free radical scavenging, β-carotene bleaching and ferrozine-ferrous ions assays. The results indicated that the major portion of these antimicrobial and antioxidant activities was due to the presence of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-benzaldehyde in the oil, which could potentially be developed as an antimicrobial and antioxidant agent in the future.

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