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A Study of the Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Acute Toxicity of Bulgarian ITanacetum vulgare/I L. Essential Oil

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023-08, Vol.28 (16) [Peer Reviewed Journal]

COPYRIGHT 2023 MDPI AG ;ISSN: 1420-3049 ;EISSN: 1420-3049 ;DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166155

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  • Title:
    A Study of the Chemical Composition, Antioxidant Potential, and Acute Toxicity of Bulgarian ITanacetum vulgare/I L. Essential Oil
  • Author: Karcheva-Bahchevanska, Diana ; Benbassat, Niko ; Georgieva, Yoana ; Lechkova, Borislava ; Ivanova, Stanislava ; Ivanov, Kalin ; Todorova, Velislava ; Peychev, Lyudmil ; Peychev, Zhivko ; Denev, Petko
  • Subjects: Antioxidants
  • Is Part Of: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023-08, Vol.28 (16)
  • Description: Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare L.) is a plant with medicinal properties that has traditionally been used in folk medicine for its anthelmintic, antispasmodic, and choleretic effects, for the treatment of diarrhea and digestive problems, and externally, as an insecticide in veterinary practices. In the current study, we investigated, for the first time, the chemical profile and antioxidant activity of essential oil from a wild population of T. vulgare L. growing in Bulgaria. Common tansy essential oil (EO), which is rich in bicyclic monoterpenes, was obtained using hydrodistillation and characterized by using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Thirty-seven compounds were identified in Bulgarian tansy EO. Among the major constituents were oxygenated monoterpenes, including compounds such as camphor (25.24%), trans-chrysantenyl acetate (18.35%), cis-verbenol (10.58%), thujone (6.06%), eucaliptol (5.99%), and α-campholenal (5.98%). The analysis results identified the essential oil from T. vulgare L. grown in the western Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria as the camphor chemotype. Furthermore, its antioxidant activity was analyzed using the oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) method and was found to be 605.4 ± 49.3 µmol TE/mL. The essential oil was also tested for single-dose acute toxicity on Wistar rats and was found to be non-toxic by oral administration. The mean lethal dose by intraperitoneal administration was LD[sub.50] i.p. = 14.9 g/kg body weight. The results of the conducted study can serve as a basis for the evaluation and subsequent exploration of other pharmacotherapeutic effects of the essential oil obtained from the inflorescences of the Bulgarian species T. vulgare L.
  • Publisher: MDPI AG
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1420-3049
    EISSN: 1420-3049
    DOI: 10.3390/molecules28166155
  • Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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    ProQuest Central
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