Title
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of fennel oil
Authors
Sheeba Naaz1,2, Nadeem Ahmad2, M. Irfan Qureshi1, Nadeem Hashmi3, Mohd Sayeed Akhtar4, & M. Masroor A. Khan3
Affiliation
1Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India; 2Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India; 3Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India; 4Department of Botany, Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, UP 242001, India
Sheeba Naaz - E-mail: sheeba.naaz.2010@gmail.com
Nadeem Ahmad E-mail: nahmad1@jmi.ac.in
M. Irfan Qureshi E-mail:mirfanq@gmail.com
Nadeem Hashmi E-mail: nadeem.hashmi85@gmail.com
Mohd Sayeed E-mail: Akhtar-sayeedbot@gmail.com
M. Masroor A. Khan - E-mail: -masruur@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received September 2, 2022; Revised September 30, 2022; Accepted September 30, 2022, Published September 30, 2022
Abstract
It is of interest to estimate the effects of foliar spray (ISA) on essential oil yield, chemical constituents, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill).Fennel was treated with ISA solutions at 40 and 80 mg L-1 doses. Application of ISA significantly augmented antioxidant and antimicrobial activities in addition to essential oil yield and its principal elements in fennel. 80 mg L−1 dose of ISA was found to be pre-eminent. Antioxidant properties of EOs were determined through DPPH assays, metal chelators and lipid peroxidation. While antimicrobial activities were evaluated using agar well diffusion and microdilution techniques of broth. Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria were used to gauge the oil's antibacterial effectiveness. Data shows that antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of fennel oil were found to be the highest. According to GC analysis, trans-anethole (78.38-86.08%), methyl chavicol (2.32-2.54%), and fenchone (6.65-8.95%) were the three main constituents of fennel essential oil.
Keywords
Foeniculum vulgare, antibacterial, antioxidant activity, essential oil composition, GC, DPPH
Citation
Naaz et al. Bioinformation 18(9): 795-800 (2022)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
