Antioxidant, antimicrobial, and GC-MS profiling of Saussurea obvallata (Brahma Kamal) from Uttarakhand Himalaya

Semwal, Prabhakar; Painuli, Sakshi

doi:10.1186/s40816-019-0105-3

Clinical Phytoscience

International Journal of Phytomedicine and Phytotherapy

Table 5 Bioactive components present in the methanolic extracts of leaves and flowers of Saussurea obvallata

From: Antioxidant, antimicrobial, and GC-MS profiling of Saussurea obvallata (Brahma Kamal) from Uttarakhand Himalaya

SN	Components	Biological activity	References
1	Benzeneacetaldehyde	Anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory.	[22]
2	Pyranone	Anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-proliferative.	[23]
3	Tetradecanoic acid	Anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, cancer-preventive, cosmetic.	[24]
4	Phytol	Anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-nociceptive.	[25]
5	Palmitic acid	Anti-androgenic, hemolytic, cancer preventive, sunscreen, perfumery.	[26]
6	Methyl linoleate	Hepatoprotective, anti-microbial.	[27]
7	Linoleic acid	Anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial.	[28, 29]
8	Gama-Stearolactone	Anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-convulsant activity.	[27, 30,31,32]
9	α -Terpineol	Contractile activity; anti-bacterial; anti-microbial; Insecticidal.	[32,33,34,35,36]
10	Cinnamaldehyde	Anti-cancer, anti-microbial, anti-oxidant	[37]
11	Curumene	Anti-tumor, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, sedative, fungicide.	[38,39,40,41,42,43]
12	Nerolidol	Anti-tumor, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, sedative, fungicide.	[44, 45]
13	n-Heptadecanol-1	Anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory.	[46, 47]
14	Caryophyllene oxide	Anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory.	[48,49,50,51,52]
15	Pentacosylic acid	Anti-bacterial.	[27, 52, 53]
16	1-Docosanol	Anti-microbial, anti-herpetic agent, wounds, anti-herpes.	[54,55,56]
17	Methyl acetate	Anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory and phytotoxic.	[57]
18	Piperine	Anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-tumor, pesticide.	[58, 59]
19	β-Sitosterol	Anti-microbial, thyroid inhibitory, hypoglycemic effects.	[60, 61]
20	Stigmasterol	Anti-oxidant, thyroid inhibitory, hypoglycemic effects.	[60, 61]
21	Squalene	Anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, cancer preventive, pesticide.	[62]

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