Tagetes minuta and Schinus molle essential oils as oxidants agents.

LIDIA R. SCRIVANTI, MARÍA P. ZUNINO AND JULIO A. ZYGADLO

BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY

Año: 2003 vol. 31 p. 563 - 572

0305-1978

The bioassay with headspace of T. minuta and S. areira oils and their pure principal components revealed strong inhibitory activity of the root growth of Zea mays seedling. Both T. minuta and S. areira oils treatment presented an increase in malondialdehyde values from 24 to 48 h, while the main components of the essential oils, ocimenone, a pinene and limonene, presented an increase from 24 to 96 h indicating exhuasted lipid peroxidation. The T. minuta essential oil had a strong inhibitory action and oxidant effect on root of Zea mays than S. areira oil.