Chemical Composition Of Essential Oils From Rhazyastricta And Its Antioxidant Activity

Abstract

Rhazyastricta is a medicinal plant. It is used for the treatment of many diseases such as Diabetes, Coating infections, cancer and inflammations. The chemical constituents of R. stricta essential oils were analyzed by using GC-FID. Seven components were analyzed from essential oils of R.stricta. These chemical components were Acetyl Pyridine (0.04%), Pyrazine (0.10%), Lavandulol (0.03%), Pinocarveol (0.02%), Hexadienolisobutanoate (0.14%), Silphiperfol-4,7 (14)-diene (0.04%) and Cubenol (1.22%). Total phenolic contents and total flavonoid contents of essential oils of R. strictawere also assessed and were found in the range of 13.5 ± 0.3 (mg GAE/g) and 3.53 ± 0.40 (mg QE/g). The antioxidant activity of essential oils of R. stricta was analyzed by using DPPH free radical scavenging assay. The inhibition % for DPPH was 23.33 ± 0.15 μg/mL which was done by essential oils of R. stricta. Chemical composition of essential oils of R. stricta was determined for the first time.