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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants11030367
Keywords
essential oil; Annona cherimola; chemical composition; enantioselective analysis; antibacterial activity; antioxidant activity; anticholinesterase activity; germacrene D; Campylobacter jejuni
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This study isolated the essential oil from Annona cherimola leaves and conducted analyses on its chemical composition, antibacterial potency, radical scavenging properties, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. The results showed that the essential oil exhibited strong antioxidant activity, potent anticholinesterase potential, and moderate antibacterial activity against certain bacteria.
Annona cherimola Mill. is a native species of Ecuador cultivated worldwide for the flavor and properties of its fruit. In this study, hydrodistillation was used to isolate essential oil (EO) of fresh Annona cherimola leaves collected in Ecuadorian Sierra. The EO chemical composition was determined using a non-polar and a polar chromatographic column and enantiomeric distribution with an enantioselective column. The qualitative analysis was carried out by gas chromatography coupled to a mass spectrometer and quantitative analysis using gas chromatography equipped with a flame ionization detector. The antibacterial potency was assessed against seven Gram-negative bacteria and one Gram-positive bacterium. ABTS and DPPH assays were used to evaluate the radical scavenging properties of the EO. Spectrophotometric method was used to measure acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity. GC-MS analysis allowed us to identify more than 99% of the EO chemical composition. Out of the fifty-three compounds identified, the main were germacrene D (28.77 +/- 3.80%), sabinene (3, 9.05 +/- 1.69%), beta-pinene (4, 7.93 +/- 0.685), (E)-caryophyllene (10.52 +/- 1.64%) and bicyclogermacrene (11.12 +/- 1.39%). Enantioselective analysis showed the existence of four pairs of enantiomers, the (-)-beta-Pinene (1S, 5S) was found pure (100%). Chirimoya essential oil exhibited a strong antioxidant activity and a very strong anticholinesterase potential with an IC50 value of 41.51 +/- 1.02 mu g/mL. Additionally, EO presented a moderate activity against Campylobacter jejuni and Klebsiella pneumoniae with a MIC value of 500 mu g/mL.
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