Essential oils of Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietswaart from Tunisia: chemical composition and antioxidant activity
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Characterisation of the essential oils from O. glandulosum collected in three locations of Tunisia, chemical composition and the evaluation of their antioxidant activities were carried out. RESULTS: The essential oils from Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) Ietswaart collected from three localities of north Tunisia-Krib, Bargou and Nefza-were obtained in yields of 2.5, 3.0 and 4.6% (v/w), respectively. The essential oils were analysed by GC and GC/MS and assayed for their total phenolics content, by the Folin-Ciocalteu method, and antioxidant effectiveness, using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazil (DPPH) radical scavenging assay. The main components of these essential oils, from Nefza, Bargou and Krib, were p-cymene (36%, 40% and 46%), thymol (32%, 39% and 18%), gamma-terpinene (24%, 12% and 16%) and carvacrol (2%, 2% and 15%), respectively). The ability to scavenge the DPPH radicals, expressed by IC(50), ranged from 59 to 80 mg L(-1). The total phenolic content, expressed in gallic acid equivalent (GAE) g kg(-1) dry weight, varied from 9.37 to 17.70 g kg(-1) dw. CONCLUSIONS: A correlation was identified between the total phenolic content of the essential oils and DPPH radical scavenger capacity. The occurrence of a p-cymene chemotype of O. glandulosum in the northern region of Tunisia is demonstrated.
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
Origanum vulgare subsp. glandulosum oils from different Tunisian locations showed different but always good DPPH scavenging abilities; results depended on percentage of phenolic compounds (thymol).
“Diverse oils obtained from Origanum vulgare L. subsp. glandulosum (Desf.) collected at different locations of Tunisia showed different but always good abilities for scavenging DPPH radicals. Such results depended on the percentage of phenolic compounds (thymol) present in the oils [71].”
From Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Essential Oils: A Short Review (2010) · cites this paper as [71]
Cites
Use of a Free Radical Method to Evaluate Antioxidant Activity
Brand-Williams, W., Cuvelier, M. E., & Berset, C. (1995) · LWT - Food Science and Technology · doi:10.1016/s0023-6438(95)80008-5 · Cited by 25,994 · see citing works
Antioxidant activity of selected essential oil components in two lipid model systems
Ruberto, G., & Baratta, M. T. (2000) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0308-8146(99)00247-2 · Cited by 1,193 · see citing works
Use of different methods for testing antioxidative activity of oregano essential oil
Kulišić, T., Radonić, A., Katalinić, V., & Miloš, M. (2003) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2003.07.024 · Cited by 1,044 · see citing works
Antioxidant actions of thymol, carvacrol, 6-gingerol, zingerone and hydroxytyrosol
Aeschbach, R., Löliger, J., Scott, B. C., Murcia, A., Butler, J., Halliwell, B. B., & Aruoma, O. I. (1994) · Food and Chemical Toxicology · doi:10.1016/0278-6915(84)90033-4 · Cited by 797 · see citing works
Erkan, N., Ayrancı, G., & Ayrancı́, E. (2008) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.01.058 · Cited by 734 · see citing works
Schorn, P. J. (1976) · Food and Cosmetics Toxicology · doi:10.1016/s0015-6264(76)80212-x · Cited by 730 · see citing works
Dorman, H. J. D., Peltoketo, A., Hiltunen, R., & Tikkanen, M. J. (2003) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0308-8146(03)00088-8 · Cited by 648 · see citing works
Antioxidant activity and mechanism of action of thymol and carvacrol in two lipid systems
Yanishlieva, N. V., Marinova, E. M., Gordon, M. H., & RANEVA, V. G. (1999) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/s0308-8146(98)00086-7 · Cited by 571 · see citing works
A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Origanum (Labiatae)
Ietswaart, J. H. (1980) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9156-9 · Cited by 489 · see citing works
Antioxidant activity of fresh and dry herbs of some Lamiaceae species
Capecka, E., Mareczek, A., & Leja, M. (2004) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2004.09.020 · Cited by 417 · see citing works
Essential oil composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of Satureja cuneifolia Ten.
Oke, F., Aslım, B., Öztürk, Ş., & Altundağ, Ş. (2008) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.06.061 · Cited by 343 · see citing works
Hazzit, M., Baâliouamer, A., Faleiro, M. L., & Miguel, M. G. (2006) · Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry · doi:10.1021/jf0606104 · Cited by 210 · see citing works
Bendahou, M., Muselli, A., Grignon‐Dubois, M., Benyoucef, M., Desjobert, J. M., Bernardini, A. F., & Costa, J. (2007) · Food Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.05.050 · Cited by 201 · see citing works
Rodríguez‐Meizoso, I., Marín, F. R., Herrero, M., Señoráns, F. J., Reglero, G., Cifuentes, A., & Ibáñez, E. (2006) · Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis · doi:10.1016/j.jpba.2006.01.018 · Cited by 194 · see citing works
Effectiveness of Origanum vulgare L. essential oil to inhibit the growth of food spoiling yeasts
de Souza, E. L., Stamford, T. L. M., Lima, E. O., & Trajano, V. N. (2006) · Food Control · doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2005.11.008 · Cited by 193 · see citing works
Ascorbic acid and beta-carotene as modulators of oxidative damage
Cozzi, R. (1997) · Carcinogenesis · doi:10.1093/carcin/18.1.223 · Cited by 139 · see citing works
Extraction and analysis of antioxidant components from Origanum dictamnus
Kouri, G., Tsimogiannis, D., Bardouki, H., et al. (2006) · Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies · doi:10.1016/j.ifset.2006.09.003 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Sari, M., Biondi, D., Kaâbeche, M., Mandalari, G., D’Arrigo, M., Bisignano, G., Saija, A., Daquino, C., & Ruberto, G. (2006) · Flavour and Fragrance Journal · doi:10.1002/ffj.1738 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
Ruberto, G., Baratta, M. T., Sari, M., et al. (2002) · Flavour and Fragrance Journal · doi:10.1002/ffj.1101 · Cited by 64 · see citing works
Antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity of methanol extracts from aerial parts of Korean salad plants
Heo, B., Park, Y., Chon, S., Lee, S., Cho, J., & Gorinstein, S. (2007) · BioFactors · doi:10.1002/biof.5520300202 · Cited by 57 · see citing works
Analysis of essential oils from chemotypes of Thymus vulgaris in Catalonia
Torras, J., Vilalta, M. D. G., López, J. F., & Heras, F. X. D. L. (2007) · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · doi:10.1002/jsfa.2995 · Cited by 56 · see citing works
Chlorella vulgarisused to Colour Egg Yolk
Gouveia, L., Veloso, V., dos Reis, A. J. D., Fernandes, H., Novais, J. M., & Empis, J. (1996) · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199602)70:2 · Cited by 55 · see citing works
Khalfi, O., Sahraoui, N., Bentahar, F., et al. (2008) · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · doi:10.1002/jsfa.3251 · Cited by 44 · see citing works
Politeo, O., Jukić, M., & Miloš, M. (2007) · University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE) · Cited by 41 · see citing works
Belhattab, R., Larous, L., Figueiredo, A. C., et al. (2004) · Flavour and Fragrance Journal · doi:10.1002/ffj.1387 · Cited by 32 · see citing works
Antifungal properties of Origanum glandulosum Desf. extracts
Belhattab, R., Larous, L., Kalantzakis, G. S., et al. (2004) · Journal of Food Agriculture & Environment · Cited by 25 · see citing works
Composition et activité antibactérienne des huiles essentielles d’Origanum glandulosum d’Algérie
Bekhechi, C., Atik-Bekkara, F., & Abdelouahid, D. E. (2008) · Phytothérapie · doi:10.1007/s10298-008-0310-6 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
Flagged first, then by citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Essential Oils: A Short Review
Miguel, M. G. (2010) · Molecules · doi:10.3390/molecules15129252 · Cited by 933 · see citing works
“In spite of the fact some authors consider that the flower oils of Retama raetam (Forssk.) Webb cultivated in Tunisia presented good antioxidant activity, as measured through the DPPH method, the sole method used by the authors, whereby the IC 50 value was fortyfold superior to that of the reference BHT, nevertheless…”
Method
- Authors
- Mechergui, K., Coelho, J. A., Serra, M. C., Lamine, S. B., Boukhchina, S., & Khouja, M. L.
- Affiliations
- Tunis University (TN)
- National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (TN)
- Venue
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-06-18
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1745-1749
- ISSN
- 0022-5142 (ISSN-L)
- 1097-0010
- OpenAlex
- W1999807226
- Cited by
- 89
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 7.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Keywords
- essential oils, chemical composition, antioxidant activity, DPPH radical scavenging, total phenolic content, thymol, carvacrol, γ-terpinene, chemotypes, Tunisia
- MeSH terms
- Antioxidants, Biphenyl Compounds, Oils, Volatile, Phenols, Picrates, Plant Extracts, Tunisia, Origanum
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
