ABSTRACT
Legume seeds (Fabaceae) of seven species Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (guar), Glycine max (soybean), Lablab purpureus (lablab-bean), Macrotyloma uniflorum (kulthi bean), Phaseolus vulgaris (common bean), Trigonella foenum-graecum (fenugreek) and Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) were studied. The oil yield ranged from 1.2 to 20.2% dw, in the lablab-bean and soybean, respectively. The polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) constituted the largest part (46-78%) of total fatty acids in studied legumes. γ-Tocopherol was the predominant tocopherol (T) homologue (61-95%) in most of the tested legumes with the exception of fenugreek (α-T, 97%) and cowpea (γ-T and δ-T, nearly equal). The ß-sitosterol was the main sterol (51-56%) in most legumes. While in cowpea, lablab-bean and kulthi bean the main sterols were ß-sitosterol and Δ5-stigmasterol (28-37% and 14-42%, respectively). Squalene was detected only in kulthi bean and lablab-bean (58 and 284 mg/100 g oil). The total concentration of carotenoids, tocochromanols, and sterols in the studied legumes was 0.2-9.2, 12.4-276.0, and 350-8,542 mg/100 g oil, respectively. Based on the levels of minor lipophilic compounds of this study, C. tetragonoloba, T. foenum-graecum and G. max seem to have a better nutritional value compared to P. vulgaris, V. unguiculata, L. purpureus, and M. uniflorum.
Subject(s)
Fabaceae , Tocopherols , Carotenoids , Fatty Acids , Squalene , SterolsABSTRACT
The present study aimed to evaluate the anti-quorum sensing (anti-QS) and anti-proteolytic potentials of tarragon essential oil (TEO) and its major compounds against food-associated Pseudomonas spp. The activities were verified by in vitro, in silico and in situ approaches. In this work, methyl eugenol (ME)- and ß-phellandrene (ß-PH)-rich TEO was investigated. TEO at subMIC increased the percentage of saturated fatty acids in the bacterial membranes (from 7 to 22%) and exhibited anti-quorum sensing via decreasing the efficiency of QS autoinducer synthesis [3-oxo-C12-HSL (from 2.028⯵g/mL to Subject(s)
Artemisia/chemistry
, Oils, Volatile/pharmacology
, Proteolysis/drug effects
, Pseudomonas/drug effects
, Quorum Sensing/drug effects
, 4-Butyrolactone/analogs & derivatives
, 4-Butyrolactone/isolation & purification
, 4-Butyrolactone/pharmacology
, Animals
, Anti-Bacterial Agents/isolation & purification
, Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
, Computer Simulation
, Fishes/microbiology
, Homoserine/analogs & derivatives
, Homoserine/isolation & purification
, Homoserine/pharmacology
, Oils, Volatile/chemistry
, Oils, Volatile/isolation & purification
, Pseudomonas/isolation & purification