Tipo di tesi
Tesi di dottorato di ricerca
Titolo
Phytochemical and biological studies on volatiles and essential oils from plants of agri-food, ecological and ornamental interest
Settore scientifico disciplinare
BIO/15 - BIOLOGIA FARMACEUTICA
Corso di studi
FISIOPATOLOGIA CLINICA E SCIENZE DEL FARMACO
Parole chiave
- Anthemis maritima
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum
- Citrus spp.
- Essential oils
- headspaces
- Helichrysum spp.
- Lavandula spp.
- Rhus coriaria
- Rosmarinus spp.
- Salvia spp..
Data inizio appello
29/05/2016
Data di rilascio
29/05/2086
Riassunto (Italiano)
Plants are a rich source of valuable, cost effective and easily available natural products. Essential Oils (EOs) in particular are commercially important for many industrial applications, especially in pharmaceutical, agronomic, food, cosmetic and perfume industries. For their antiseptic, antimicrobial, analgesic, sedative, anti-inflammatory, spasmolytic properties, their pharmaceutical and food uses are widespread as alternatives to synthetic chemical products to protect the ecological equilibrium of environment and to decrease the utilization of synthetic drugs as antibiotics.
The object of this PhD project was the extraction and evaluation of many Essential Oils (EOs) and volatile compounds extracted from various plant species, with the aim to contribute to their chemical characterization especially for plants never studied before, or to exploit their industrial and biological use.
During the project were characterized the chemical compositions of essential oils and volatiles of Rhus coriaria, Anthemis maritima, Lavandula spp., Rosmarinus spp., Helichrysum spp., Citrus spp., Cinnamomum zeylanicum, and Salvia spp.. Statistical analysis were performed on the results obtained and then some biological tests were performed to find new applications for the essential oils.
