Camilia George Michel
Cairo University, Egypt
Title: Chemical composition, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activities of essential oil from Citrus maxima (burm.) merr.
Biography
Biography: Camilia George Michel
Abstract
Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr., commonly known as Shaddock or Pomelo, is an original citrus plant belonging to family Rutaceae. Essential oils of peels of four different cultivars (Giza, Jordan, Syria, and Alexandria) obtained by hydro-distillation and by Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) were analyzed by Gas Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometer (GC/MS). Limonene was found to be the major constituent reaching a percentage of 97.4% (Giza), 93.2% (Jordan), 90.8% (Syria) and 87.2% (Alexandria). The hydro-distilled essential oils of leaves at four different seasons were similarly analyzed by GC/MS and showed that the percentage of hydrocarbons (α–pinene, Β-pinene, α–phellandrene, camphene, sabinene, myrcene, cymene, limonene, careen, terpinine) were higher than that of oxygenated compounds (1-terpinen-4-ol, terpineol, santalol, eucalyptol, linalool, fenchone, citronellol, citral, eugenol methyl ether, bergamol) with no major constituent. Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of oils obtained from the peel were investigated.
