The antioxidant, antifungal and antibacterial potentials of volatile oils and oleoresin of Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume (leaf and bark) were investigated in the present study. The oleoresins have shown excellent activity for the inhibition of primary and secondary oxidation products in mustard oil added at the concentration of 0.02% which were evaluated using peroxide, thiobarbituric acid, p-ani...

The sensory, microbiological and physicochemical attributes of fresh meat stored at 5 and 15 degrees C were affected by the combined effect of volatile compounds of oregano essential oil and modified atmosphere packaging conditions (40% CO2/30% N2/30% O2, 100% CO2, 80% CO2/20% air, vacuum pack and air). It was found that the extension of shelf life of meat samples depended on the packaging cond...

Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (ATR), the rhizome of Acorus tatarinowii Schott, is being used clinically to treat neurological disorders. The volatile oil of ATR is being considered as an active ingredient. Here, α-asarone and β-asarone, accounting about 95% of ATR oil, were evaluated for its function in stimulating neurogenesis. In cultured PC12 cells, application of ATR volatile oil, α-asarone or ...

the chemical composition of the volatile oil from aerial parts of hypericum triquetrifolium turra was studied by gc-ms. fifty components (97.1% of the total composition) were detected in the volatile oil. germacrene-d (21.7%), b-caryophyllene (18.3%), d-cadinene (6.4%), trans -b-farnesene (4.3%), a-humulene (3.8%), b-selinene (3.7%), γ-cadinene (3.3%) and trans -phytol (3.2%) were found to be t...

The volatile oil from Boletopsis leucomelas (Pers.) Fayod was extracted by hydrodistillation with diethylether, and the volatile components of the oil were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The oil contained 86 components, representing 87.5% of the total oil. The main components of the oil were linoleic acid (15.0%), phenylacetaldehyde (11.2%), and palmitic acid (9.4%). Furtherm...

In general olive oil is defined on the basis of its sensory characteristics. European Union (EU) regulations establish the organoleptic quality of virgin olive oil by means of a panel test, evaluating positive and negative descriptors (EU regulations). For the organoleptic assessment, several volatile compounds are considered as the main responsible for negative and positive attributes. Volatil...

A novel automated transesterification (ATE) technique has been developed for the quantitative determination of acid components used in synthesizing ester-based oils. The ATE technique has been successfully tested over a period of more than five years using several commercially available ester-based new and used refrigeration oils and jet oils. In this automated technique, the ester-based oil is...

Dried and ground leaves of Crithmum maritimum were used as a matrix for supercritical extraction of volatile oil with CO2. Operative conditions were: extractor, 90 bar and 50 °C for 240 min; first separator, 90 bar and –10°C; second separator, 15 bar and 15 °C. GC/MS analysis of the leaves volatile oil revealed that it mainly consisted of: para-cymene, βphellandrene, γ-terpinene, thymol methyl ...

Trypanocidal activity was found in the volatile oil of dried Dracocephalum kotschyi. GC-MS analysis determined that the major constituents of the oil were geranial (35.8%), C10H14O (26.6%), limonene (15.8%) and 1,1-dimethoxy decane (14.5%). In order to isolate the unknown biologically active monoterpene, fractionation of the volatile oil was carried out by silica gel column chromatography. The ...

A NIR model was established to predict the volatile oil content of single particle red Zanthoxylum seed in this paper. With the characteristic of irregular surface, A single Zanthoxylum seed will reflect the great difference in response to spectrum signals the entire spectrum detection and exceptional sample rejection method were employed before model optimization. As a result, the NIR model fo...