Evaluating the effect of ethanol foliar feeding on the essential oil, phenolic content, and antioxidant activities of Ducrosia anethifolia

Volume 5, Issue 04, Pages 66-76, Dec 2022 *** Field: Analytical Environmental Chemistry

  • Aliyeh Sarabandi Department of Phytochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran
  • Amirhossein Sahebkar Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. and Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Javad Asili Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
  • Moharam Valizadeh Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Agriculture, Sistan and Baluchistan University, Zahedan, Iran
  • Khalilollah Taheri Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran
  • Jafar Valizadeh, Corresponding Author, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran
  • Maryam Akaberi, Corresponding Author, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24200/amecj.v5.i04.213
Keywords: Ducrosia anethifolia, GC-MS, Spectrophotometry, Foliar feeding, Essential oil, Antioxidant

Abstract

Ducrosia anethifolia (Apiaceae) is a medicinal aromatic plant distributed in Iran and Afghanistan. This research aims to investigate the composition of the plant essential oil, determine the total flavonoid and phenolic contents, and evaluate its antioxidant activities after ethanol foliar feeding. For this purpose, 0, 10, 20, 40, and 80% v/v of aqueous ethanol solutions were sprayed on different batches of the plants. Then, the essential oils were obtained using water distillation. Compounds were analyzed by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique(GC-MS) using a validated method. The method was validated as per the ICH guidelines for linearity, precision, accuracy, robustness, LOD, and LOQ. The total contents of phenols and flavonoids were measured using spectrophotometric methods. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using DPPH and FRAP assays. The results showed that n-decanal, cis-verbenyl acetate and dodecanal were the major compounds in all treatments. However, alcohol could cause significant differences in the essential oils qualitatively and quantitatively. The results showed that 40% ethanol could increase the number of phenolics and flavonoids and consequently the antioxidant activity.  Thus, ethanol foliar feeding can be used as an appropriate approach to increase the essential oil of D. anethifolia as well as its phenolic and flavonoid contents.

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Published
2022-12-28
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Sarabandi, A., Sahebkar, A., Asili, J., Valizadeh, M., Taheri, K., Valizadeh, J., & Akaberi, M. (2022). Evaluating the effect of ethanol foliar feeding on the essential oil, phenolic content, and antioxidant activities of Ducrosia anethifolia. Analytical Methods in Environmental Chemistry Journal, 5(04), 66-76. https://doi.org/10.24200/amecj.v5.i04.213
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