Biological activities of the extracts of two endemic Sideritis species in Turkey

Sagdic O., Aksoy A., Ozkan G., EKİCİ L., ALBAYRAK S.

INNOVATIVE FOOD SCIENCE & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.80-84, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ifset.2007.06.001
  • Dergi Adı: INNOVATIVE FOOD SCIENCE & EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.80-84
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sideritis ozturkii and S. caesarea extracts, phenolics, flavanols, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, ESSENTIAL OILS, ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, PHENOLIC-COMPOUNDS, CONDENSED TANNINS, GROWTH
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

It has long been known that herbs and their extracts have an antimicrobial activity. Sideritis ozturkii Aytac & Aksoy and Sideritis caesarea Duman, Aytac et Baser endemic plant species for Turkey have been traditionally used as medicinal tea and spice in different regions of Turkey especially the Mediterranean and the middle part of Anatolia. In this study, total phenolic, flavanol and flavonol compounds of the methanolic extracts of S. ozturkii and S. caesarea, and their antimicrobial and antioxidant effects were determined. Total phenolics and total flavonol contents of S. caesarea extract were higher than those of S. ozturkii extract. Antioxidant activities of the extracts tested by the DPPH radical scavenging system were 41.68 +/- 31.96% and 72.47 +/- 0.73 % at 100 ppm concentration of S. ozturkii and S. caesarea extracts, respectively. Antimicrobial activity was assessed by the agar diffusion method against fifteen microorganisms. In conclusion, it can be said that the extracts of S. ozturkii and S. caesarea could be used as natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents in the food preservation and human health. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.