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Potential antioxidant and toxicological activity of the essential oil of Rhaphiodon echinus (Nees & Mart) Schauer (Lamiaceae): morphoanatomy and polyphenolic composition of its extracts
Rodrigues Costa A1,2, PS Pereira3, MK Alves de Sousa1,2, FC Rodrigues5, VR Duarte Mendes1, KR Rodrigues Lima1, L Marivando Barros1,4, CM Rocha Sousa1, MS Alcântara1, AB Leite Cavalcante4, R Cruz Macedo5, JP Kamdem3, AE Duarte1,2
1 Center of Biological and Health Sciences (CCBS), Department of Biological Sciences, Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Crato 63105-000, CE, Brazil
2 Biology and Toxicology Laboratory (BIOTOX)., Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil;
3 Department of Biological Sciences, Microscopy Laboratory (LABOMIC), Regional University of Cariri (URCA), CEP: 63105-000, Crato, CE, Brazil.
4 Laboratory of Plant Ecophysiology (LECOV), Regional University of Cariri (URCA), Crato, CE, Brazil.
5 Secretariat of Education of the State of Ceará. Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil.
Address correspondence to: Antonia Eliene Duarte, e-mail:
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2018, 87(all), 79-86. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2018.87.079
Abstract
The species
Rhaphiodon echinus, known as betonica or
creeping mint, is considered an infesting plant species, typical of the
caatinga biome. Morphoanatomy is a very important tool to study the
structure of plants, both its external and internal morphology, opening
the knowledge about the production of secondary metabolites. These
compounds are of great importance for scientific research, which may
present themselves as the best antioxidants. Taking into account a lack
of data in the literature on the essential oil of
R. echinus, this study
aimed to demonstrate its antioxidant activity and toxicity. In order
to test this hypothesis, tests were carried out by the DPPH method,
its toxicological activity on
Artemia salina microcrustacean, as well as
studies involving cuts of plant anatomy of leaf structures of the species.
The vegetal material was collected at URCA and the essential oil was
obtained by hydrodistillation, in a type of
Clevenger. The HPLC profile
of the extract revealed caffeic acid (62.45 mg/g), gallic acid (15.36
mg/g), Quercetin (9.02 mg/g) as the major compounds in the morning,
while quercetin (4.15 mg/g) and caffeic acid (2.03 mg/g) were
the major compounds in afternoon. DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)
free radical was used to assess the radical scavenging ability of
the oil. The results demonstrated that the oil exhibited IC
50 of 297.7
μg/mL in emulsions with ascorbic acid 73.07 μg/mL. The
A. salina
lethality assay showed that the oil was toxic at concentrations above 50
μg/mL, with an LC
50 of 2.4 μg/mL compared to the positive control,
LC
50 was 11.50 μg/mL. Regarding the results of the research in Plant
Anatomy, some peculiarities for R. echinus are described. Up to date,
studies on the toxicity of this plant have not been published.
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Cite This Article
A, R. C., Pereira, P., Alves, M., Rodrigues, F., Mendes, V. D. et al. (2018). Potential antioxidant and toxicological activity of the essential oil of
Rhaphiodon echinus (Nees & Mart) Schauer (Lamiaceae): morphoanatomy and polyphenolic composition of its extracts.
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, 87(all), 79–86.