Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Essential Oil of Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus  L.) Receptacle

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Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.) contains active ingredients, such as flavonoids, alkaloids and tannins. Nevertheless, few studies have focused on essential oil from the receptacle of sunflower (SEO). In this work, we investigated the chemical composition and antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of SEO. The yield of SEO was about 0.42% ( v/ w) by hydrodistillation. A total of 68 volatile components of SEO were putatively identified by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The main constituents of SEO were α-pinene (26.00%), verbenone (7.40%), terpinolene (1.69%) and α-terpineol (1.27%). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of SEO against P. aeruginosa and S. aureus was 0.2 mg/mL. The MIC of SEO against S. cerevisiae was 3.2 mg/mL. The MIC of SEO against E. coli and Candida albicans was 6.4 mg/mL. The results showed that SEO had high antibacterial and antifungal activities. Three different analytical assays (DPPH, ABTS and iron ion reducing ability) were used to determine the antioxidant activities. The results showed that SEO had antioxidant activities. To summarize, the results in this study demonstrate the possibility for the development and application of SEO in potential natural preservatives and medicines due to its excellent antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Molecules

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Molecules

Journal ID (publisher-id): molecules

Title: Molecules

Publisher: MDPI

ISSN (Electronic): 1420-3049

Publication date (Electronic): 11 November 2020

Publication date Collection: November 2020

Volume: 25

Issue: 22

Electronic Location Identifier: 5244

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[1 ]School of Life Science, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; liuxs18@ 123456mails.jlu.edu.cn (X.-S.L.); gaobo@ 123456jlu.edu.cn (B.G.); xinlu19@ 123456mails.jlu.edu.cn (X.-L.L.); liwannan@ 123456jlu.edu.cn (W.-N.L.); qiaoza18@ 123456mails.jlu.edu.cn (Z.-A.Q.)

[2 ]Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering, Jilin University, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130012, China

[3 ]Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life and Environment in Northeast Asia, Jilin University, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130012, China

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[* ]Correspondence: luhan@ 123456jlu.edu.cn ; Tel.: +86-431-8515-5345; Fax: +86-431-8515-5127

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DOI: 10.3390/molecules25225244

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