Pharmaceuticals (Basel)
November 2024
Background/objectives: is a medicinal plant extensively used by the Moroccan population for treating a range of illnesses, especially respiratory conditions.
Methods: This study aimed to assess the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of essential oil and its individual fractions (F1, F2, and F3). Antioxidant activity was evaluated through iron-reducing power, 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assays.
Peanuts are highly valued for their abundance of essential nutrients and health-promoting phenolic compounds. Peanut press cake, an inexpensive and underutilized agro-industrial by-product of oil production, is typically discarded or used as animal feed. This study investigated the influence of thermal processing and varietal disparities on the nutritional composition, phenolic content, and biological properties of peanut flour and oilcake flour, aiming to enhance their value as food ingredients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe extraction of gum from natural raw materials is of increasing importance in various industries, including food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics, particularly due to their emulsifying properties and potential applications as stabilizers and thickeners. This study presents an insight on the influence of changing parameters like reagents and operating condition on yield and some properties of the flax ( L.) seed gum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, a comparison of the intra-regional variation in the quality of Argan oil and pomace collected from 12 cooperatives in the Essaouira region (Morocco) during the COVID-19 period was carried out. All studied Argan pomaces together with the extraction solvents showed a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) in the total phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and tannins contents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe present study was conducted to evaluate the acute toxicity and anti-inflammatory effect in vivo, as well as the antioxidant activity, of the essential oil of . The results indicate that the tested essential oil is non-toxic, with an estimated LD50 of 2500 mg kg of mice body weight. The anti-inflammatory test revealed that, at a dose of 200 mg kg, the essential oil reduced rat paw edemas by 89.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this work was to study the chemical composition of the essential oil extracted from ginger rhizomes ( Roscoe) and cardamom seeds ( (L.) Maton). Using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS), a total of 43 compounds were identified in ginger essential oil and 17 compounds in cardamom.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of the present study was to determine the chemical composition of eight plant essential oils and evaluate their antibacterial activity against strains isolated from different turkey organs. The essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. All essential oil yielded high in a range between 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a medicinal plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family, endemic in Morocco, and used in traditional medicine. The present work aims to study the phenolic compounds, the antioxidant activity, the anti-inflammatory effect, and the toxicity of two ethanolic and methanolic extracts of aerial part. The yield of the methanolic extraction (22.
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