Chemical Composition and Cytotoxic Activity of the Essential Oil and Oleoresins of In Vitro Micropropagated Ansellia africana Lindl : A Vulnerable Medicinal Orchid of Africa

Orchids are rich treasure troves of various important phytomolecules. Among the various medicinal orchids, Ansellia africana stands out prominently in the preparing of various herbal medicines due to its high therapeutic importance. The nodal explants of A. africana were sampled from asymbiotically germinated seedlings on basal Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium and were micropropagated in MS medium supplemented with 3% sucrose and 10 µM meta topolin (mT) + 5 µM naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) +15 µM indole butyric acid (IBA) + 30 µM phloroglucinol (PG). In the present study, the essential oil was extracted by hydrodistillation and the oleoresins by the solvent extraction method from the micropropagated A. africana. The essential oil and the oleoresins were analysed by Gas Chromatography (GC) and GC/MS (Mass spectrometry). A total of 84 compounds were identified. The most predominant components among them were linoleic acid (18.42%), l-ascorbyl 2,6-dipalmitate (11.50%), linolenic acid (10.98%) and p-cresol (9.99%) in the essential oil; and eicosane (26.34%), n-butyl acetate (21.13%), heptadecane (16.48%) and 2-pentanone, 4-hydroxy-4-methyl (11.13%) were detected in the acetone extract; heptadecane (9.40%), heneicosane (9.45%), eicosane (6.40%), n-butyl acetate (14.34%) and styrene (22.20%) were identified and quantified in the ethyl acetate extract. The cytotoxic activity of essential oil and oleoresins of micropropagated A. africana was evaluated by MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium Bromide) assay on Vero cells compared to the standard drug doxorubicin chloride. The present research contains primary information about the therapeutic utility of the essential oil and oleoresins of A. africana with a promising future research potential of qualitative and quantitative improvement through synchronised use of biotechnological techniques.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 26(2021), 15 vom: 28. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Saleh-E-In, Md Moshfekus [VerfasserIn]
Bhattacharyya, Paromik [VerfasserIn]
Van Staden, Johannes [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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4-cresol
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Acrylates
Alkanes
Alpha-Linolenic Acid
Ansellia africana
Ascorbic Acid
Ascorbyl 2,6-dipalmitate
Cresols
Culture Media
Cytotoxic
Cytotoxins
Diacetone alcohol
Eicosane
Essential oil
H7C0J39XUM
Heptadecane
Journal Article
Linoleic Acid
MTT
Micropropagation
N-butyl acrylate
Oils, Volatile
Oleoresins
Orchid
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Palmitates
Pentanols
Pentanones
Plant Extracts
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Styrene
Vero cells

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.09.2021

Date Revised 20.09.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/molecules26154556

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM329059904