Bioactivities and Chemotaxonomy of Four <i>Heracleum</i> Species: A Comparative Study Across Plant Parts.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: This study investigates the phytochemical profile, essential oil composition, and bioactivities-including antioxidant, antimicrobial, antibio-film, and anti-quorum sensing (QS) activities-of four Heracleum L. species (H. crenatifolium Boiss, H. paphlagonicum Czeczott, H. sphondylium subsp. montanum Schleich. ex Gaudin, and H. pastinacifolium subsp. incanum (Boiss. & A.Huet) P.H.Davis). Methods: Total phenolic and flavonoid contents were quantified using the Folin-Ciocalteu and aluminum chloride colorimetric methods, respectively. Essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed via Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), while

SUBMITTER: Kose TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12030304 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature