Extraction of Essential Oil from River Tea Tree (Melaleuca bracteata F. Muell.): Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties

Sustainability

Rubab Shabbir¹  Talha Javed¹  HamzaArmghan Noushahi²  Ayman EL Sabagh³  Sabry Hassan⁴  Milan Skalicky⁵  Marian Brestic⁶  Peter Ondrisik⁶  Mursleen Yasin⁷  Adnan Younis⁷  Fahad Ramzan⁷ 

[1] College of Agriculture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kafrelsheikh,Kafrelsheikh 33516, Egypt;Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia;Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague,16 500 Prague, Czech Republic;Department of Plant Physiology, Slovak University of Agriculture,949 01 Nitra, Slovakia;Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan;

关键词: Melaleuca bracteata;    essential oil;    hydrodistillation;    eugenol methyl ether, antioxidant, antimicrobial;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13094827

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Tea tree oil (TTO) from the genus Melaleuca L. has antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, and antioxidant properties and is used by the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and horticultural industries. In Pakistan, Melaleuca bracteata can be exploited for essential oil purposes, as this species is well adapted to Pakistan’s agroclimatic conditions. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the yield of M. bracteata essential oil together with its antioxidant and antimicrobial properties under local prevailing conditions of the subtropics. Essential oil was extracted through the hydrodistillation method. Using this method, six batches of 8 kg samples (fresh leaves and branches) underwent a distillation process for 4–5 h. The average yield obtained was about 0.2%. The GCMS was used to identify the components of extracted essential oil. Eugenol methyl ether is the major component in extracted essential oil, i.e., 96% of the total. A high content of flavonoids and phenolics and a Fe-reducing power ability of M. bracteata were observed. The oil was also found effective against B. subtilis, B. cereus, White rot, and A. flavus. Hence, it is concluded that there is a possibility to use TTO for its biocidal properties, and it must also be inspected and then commercialized in Pakistan by the agriculture and cosmetic industries.

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