Chemical variability and antioxidant activity of Cedrus atlantica Manetti essential oils isolated from wood tar and sawdust

The present research was devoted to evaluating the effect of provenance and wood pyrolysis process on the phytochemical and antioxidant activity of essential oils extracted from sawdust and tar of Cedrus atlantica Manetti of Morocco. The essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillation from Cedar...

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Autores principales: Imane Jaouadi, Sara Cherrad, Abdelhakim Bouyahya, Loubna Koursaoui, Badr Satrani, Mohamed Ghanmi, Abdelaziz Chaouch
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Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Sumario:The present research was devoted to evaluating the effect of provenance and wood pyrolysis process on the phytochemical and antioxidant activity of essential oils extracted from sawdust and tar of Cedrus atlantica Manetti of Morocco. The essential oils were obtained by hydro-distillation from Cedar wood growing in two geographical locations of the Middle Atlas of Morocco (Senoual and Itzer forests) using a Clevenger-type apparatus and analyzed by Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Seventy compounds were approximately identified for each essential oil, accounting for 94% of the total oil’s composition, with the predominance of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, where, α-himachalene (13.75%, 1.15%, 12.2%, and 16.69%) and β-himachalene (24.05%, 24.25%, 27.67%, and 44.23%) represented the major constituents in the four essential oils obtained. Multivariate analysis was used to discriminate the essential oils using principal component analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Clustering Analysis (HCA). In addition, heatmap for dendrogram was used to investigate any correlation between the chemical profiles of each essential oil. Moreover, the antioxidant properties of the essential oils were studied using DPPH scavenging and Ferric Ion Reducing Power (FRAP). The results indicate that the essential oils from wood tar of Cedrus atlantica possess a strong antioxidant activity (IC50 = 0.126 mg/mL and 0.143 mg/mL) in comparison with those from sawdust (IC50 = 15.6 mg/mL and 16.3 mg/mL).