A comparative study of the essential oil extracts of Centaurea alexanderina different parts: GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anti-hyperglycemic activities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Natural products have been a cornerstone in the field of drug discovery for centuries, they have provided numerous therapeutic agents that have significantly impacted modern medicine. Centaurea alexanderina is a canescent herb that is native to Egypt and Libya and reported in Egyptian folk medicine as an anti-hyperglycemic, antioxidant, and antimicrobial herb. It is an understudied species, thusly, the target of this contribution was to perform a comparative study of the influence of plant part variation on its chemical and pharmacological characteristics. In this context, essential oil extracts from different parts of C. alexanderina (flowers, stems, leaves, and roots) have been analyzed chemically and tested for their antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-hyperglycemic

SUBMITTER: Abdallah HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883959 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature