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Essential Oils Composition, Anticholinesterase and Antioxidant Activities of Pistacia atlantica Desf.

Ilhem Labed-Zouad, Maria Ferhat, Mehmet Öztürk, Ismail Abaza, Said Nadeem, Ahmed Kabouche and Zahia Kabouche

Université des frères Mentouri-Constantine, Département de chimie, Laboratoire d'Obtention de Substances Thérapeutiques (LOST) , 25000 Constantine, Algeria

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Mugla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48121 Mugla, Türkiye

University of Jordan, Faculty of Pharmacy, Amman, Jordan

Abstract: Chemical composition and in vitro antioxidant and anticholinesterase activities of essential oils obtained from leaves and flowers of Pistacia atlantica were studied . GC/GC-MS analyses of the essential oils afforded twenty-two compounds from flower oil and thirty from leaf oil. The antioxidant activity of the essential oils was determined using b -carotene-linoleic acid, DPPH • and ABTS • + -scavenging effects . The essential oils exhibited a good antioxidant activity and inhibited the activity of acetyl- and butyrylcholinesterase.

Keywords: Pistacia atlantica; essential oil ; anticholinesterase ; antioxidant activity. © 2017 ACG Publications. All rights reserved.