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Comparison of the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from the Leaves and Flowers of Sambucus nigra

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Essential oils of Sambucus nigra were obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed using the GC-MS technique, which led to the identification and quantification of 66 components from the leaves and 74 components from the flowers, accounting for 94.0 and 96.4% of the total components, respectively. The main class of compounds present in the leaves were fatty acids and their derivatives: methyl linoleate, palmitic acid, hydrocarbon tritetracontane, and an aromatic compound benzoic aldehyde. In the flowers there were hydrocarbons: tritetracontane and n-hexatriacontane, fatty acids and their derivatives: palmitic acid and linoleic acid, and alcohols: 2-methyl-3,15-octadecadienol and 2-hexyl-1-octanol. Among the dominant components of the essential oil of S. nigra flowers, there were also monoterpenes such as rose oxide, epoxylinalol, while the essential oil of the leaves contained a few compounds of monoterpenes in small amounts such as β-pinene and α-pinene. Antioxidant activity of the obtained essential oils was determined by the FRAP and DPPH assay techniques.

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  1. Department of Pharmacognosy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego 4, 60–781, Poznañ, Poland

    Marcin Szymański, Marlena Dudek-Makuch, Ewa Witkowska-Banaszczak & Wiesława Bylka

  2. Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614, Poznań, Poland

    Arkadiusz Szymański

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Szymański, M., Dudek-Makuch, M., Witkowska-Banaszczak, E. et al. Comparison of the Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Essential Oils from the Leaves and Flowers of Sambucus nigra. Pharm Chem J 54, 496–503 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11094-020-02228-5

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