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Shang-tzen Chang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Anti-inflammation activities of essential oil and its constituents from indigenous cinnamon (Cinnamomum osmophloeum) twigs.
Bioresource technology, 2007Co-Authors: Yu Tang Tung, Meng Thong Chua, Sheng-yang Wang, Shang-tzen ChangAbstract:In this study, chemical compositions of hydrodistilled essential oil and anti-inflammatory activities from the twigs of Cinnamomum osmophloeum Kaneh. were investigated for the first time. The chemical constituents of the twig essential oil were further analyzed by GC-MS and they were found to be L-bornyl acetate (15.89%), caryophyllene oxide (12.98%), gamma-eudesmol (8.03%), beta-caryophyllene (6.60%), T-cadinol (5.49%), Delta-Cadinene (4.79%), trans-beta-elemenone (4.25%), cadalene (4.19%), and trans-cinnamaldehyde (4.07%). The effects of essential oil on nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW 264.7 macrophages were also examined. Results of nitric oxide tests indicated that twig essential oil and its major constituents such as trans-cinnamaldehyde, caryophyllene oxide, L-borneol, L-bornyl acetate, eugenol, beta-caryophyllene, E-nerolidol, and cinnamyl acetate have excellent activities. These findings demonstrated that essential oil of C. osmophloeum twigs have excellent anti-inflammatory activities and thus have great potential to be used as a source for natural health products.
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chemical composition and antifungal activity of essential oils from different tissues of japanese cedar cryptomeria japonica
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2005Co-Authors: Sensung Cheng, Huangyuan Lin, Shang-tzen ChangAbstract:In this study antifungal activities of essential oils from different tissues of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica D. Don) against four wood decay fungi and six tree pathogenic fungi were investigated. In addition, the yields of essential oils obtained by water distillation were compared and their constituents determined by GC-MS analyses. The yield of essential oils from four tissues of Japanese cedar is in the decreasing order of leaf (27.38 mL/kg) > bark (6.31 mL/kg) > heartwood (3.80 mL/kg) > sapwood (1.27 mL/kg). Results obtained from the antifungal tests demonstrate that the essential oil of Japanese cedar heartwood used against Laetiporus sulphureus and Trametes versicolor and sapwood essential oil used against L. sulphureus had strong antifungal activities at 500 mug/mL, with IC(50) values of 39, 91, and 94 microg/mL, respectively. Besides, the essential oils of Japanese cedar heartwood used against Rhizoctonia solani, Collectotrichum gloeosporioides, Fusarium solani, and Ganoderma australe had strong antifungal activities at 500 microg/mL, with IC(50) values of 65, 80, 80, and 110 microg/mL, respectively. GC-MS analyses showed that the sesquiterpene hydrocarbon compounds dominate in the essential oil from Japanese cedar heartwood, amounting to a total percentage of 82.56%, with the major compounds of Delta-Cadinene (18.60%), isoledene (12.41%), and gamma-muurolene (11.82%). It is proposed that the excellent antifungal activities of Japanese cedar heartwood essential oils might correlate with the presence of these compounds.
Magali Monteiro - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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influence of the cultivation system in the aroma of the volatile compounds and total antioxidant activity of passion fruit
Lwt - Food Science and Technology, 2012Co-Authors: Natalia Soares Janzantti, Mariana Serrao Macoris, Deborah Dos Santos Garruti, Magali MonteiroAbstract:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the cultivation system on the volatile composition of the passion fruit and to determine the odoriferous contribution of the compounds for the aroma of the organic and conventional fruit, besides to assess the total antioxidant activity. The volatile compounds were isolated from dynamic headspace, separated by high-resolution gas chromatography and the odoriferous contribution to the passion fruit aroma was evaluated using the OSME technique. Total antioxidant activity was determined using the ABTS radical reaction. The organic and conventional passion fruit showed similar volatile profile, although some differences occurred. Ethyl 2-propenoate, 2-methyl-1-propanol, diethyl carbonate and ethyl hexanoate were threefold higher in the organic fruit while butyl acetate, hexanal, cis-3-hexenyl acetate and trans-3-hexenyl butanoate were threefold higher in the conventional fruit. Hexanoate and acetate esters, and saturated alcohols described as fruity, sweet, citrus and passion-fruit aroma showed the highest odorific intensity in the organic fruit. Furthermore, trans and cis-3-hexenyl acetate and alpha-copaene, alpha-terpineol, D-limonene, trans-beta-ocimene and Delta-Cadinene had higher contribution to the organic passion fruit aroma. On the other hand, unsaturated alcohols, beta-myrcene and beta-linalool described as grass, sulfur-like and passion-fruit aroma were higher in the conventional fruit. The organic passion fruit showed higher levels of total phenolic compounds and total antioxidant activity than the conventional fruit, suggesting that the cultivation system influenced the production of antioxidant bioactive compounds.
Alois A Bell - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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induction of Delta Cadinene synthase and sesquiterpenoid phytoalexins in cotton by verticillium dahliae
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 1999Co-Authors: Graciela M Bianchini, Robert D Stipanovic, Alois A BellAbstract:Phytoalexin biosynthesis occurred earlier in the resistant cotton cultivar Seabrook Sea Island 12B2 (SBSI) (Gossypium barbadense) than in the susceptible cotton cultivar Rowden (G. hirsutum) after inoculation with a defoliating isolate of the pathogen Verticillium dahliae. This was demonstrated by significantly higher levels of phytoalexins in SBSI 12 h after inoculation. Furthermore, by 48 h after inoculation of SBSI, the phytoalexins hemigossypol and desoxyhemigossypol achieved levels (23.9 and 10.5 microgram/g of fresh tissue, respectively) sufficient to completely inhibit conidial germination. Rowden required 96 h to attain comparable levels. Similarly, the activity of Delta-Cadinene synthase, a key enzyme required for the biosynthesis of the terpenoid phytoalexins, increased more rapidly in the resistant cotton cultivar than in the susceptible one. The changes in phytoalexin concentrations and enzyme activity are consistent with the hypothesis that phytoalexins are an essential component in protecting the plant from infection by V. dahliae.
Danny J Llewellyn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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antisense suppression of a Delta Cadinene synthase gene in cotton prevents the induction of this defense response gene during bacterial blight infection but not its constitutive expression
Plant Physiology, 2005Co-Authors: Belinda J Townsend, Andrew J Poole, Christopher J Blake, Danny J LlewellynAbstract:In cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum ) the enzyme (+)- δ -Cadinene synthase (CDNS) catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of cadinane-type sesquiterpenes, such as gossypol, that provide constitutive and inducible protection against pests and diseases. A cotton cDNA clone encoding CDNS ( cdn 1-C4) was isolated from developing embryos and functionally characterized. Southern analysis showed that CDNS genes belong to a large multigene family, of which five genomic clones were studied, including three pseudogenes and one gene that may represent another subfamily of CDNS. CDNS expression was shown to be induced in cotton infected with either the bacterial blight or verticillium wilt pathogens. Constructs for the constitutive or seed-specific antisense suppression of cdn 1-C4 were introduced into cotton by Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Gossypol levels were not reduced in the seeds of transformants with either construct, nor was the induction of CDNS expression affected in stems of the constitutive antisense plants infected with Verticillium dahliae Kleb. However, the induction of CDNS mRNA and protein in response to bacterial blight infection of cotyledons was completely blocked in the constitutive antisense plants. These results suggest that cdn 1-C4 may be involved specifically in the bacterial blight response and that the CDNS multigene family comprises a complex set of genes differing in their temporal and spatial regulation and responsible for different branches of the cotton sesquiterpene pathway.
Natalia Soares Janzantti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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influence of the cultivation system in the aroma of the volatile compounds and total antioxidant activity of passion fruit
Lwt - Food Science and Technology, 2012Co-Authors: Natalia Soares Janzantti, Mariana Serrao Macoris, Deborah Dos Santos Garruti, Magali MonteiroAbstract:The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of the cultivation system on the volatile composition of the passion fruit and to determine the odoriferous contribution of the compounds for the aroma of the organic and conventional fruit, besides to assess the total antioxidant activity. The volatile compounds were isolated from dynamic headspace, separated by high-resolution gas chromatography and the odoriferous contribution to the passion fruit aroma was evaluated using the OSME technique. Total antioxidant activity was determined using the ABTS radical reaction. The organic and conventional passion fruit showed similar volatile profile, although some differences occurred. Ethyl 2-propenoate, 2-methyl-1-propanol, diethyl carbonate and ethyl hexanoate were threefold higher in the organic fruit while butyl acetate, hexanal, cis-3-hexenyl acetate and trans-3-hexenyl butanoate were threefold higher in the conventional fruit. Hexanoate and acetate esters, and saturated alcohols described as fruity, sweet, citrus and passion-fruit aroma showed the highest odorific intensity in the organic fruit. Furthermore, trans and cis-3-hexenyl acetate and alpha-copaene, alpha-terpineol, D-limonene, trans-beta-ocimene and Delta-Cadinene had higher contribution to the organic passion fruit aroma. On the other hand, unsaturated alcohols, beta-myrcene and beta-linalool described as grass, sulfur-like and passion-fruit aroma were higher in the conventional fruit. The organic passion fruit showed higher levels of total phenolic compounds and total antioxidant activity than the conventional fruit, suggesting that the cultivation system influenced the production of antioxidant bioactive compounds.