2016/03/20 by Souâd Alaoui Ismaili, Alaoui Ismaili, Souad, Ilias Marmouzi +15
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · #Berberine and alkaloids research #Fatty acids #Oil #Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties #Silybum marianum #Silymarin and Mushroom Poisoning #Sterols #antioxidant
paper · doi:10.48317/imist.prsm/morjchem-v4i3.4845
openalex publication_date 2016/03/20 · openalex created_date 2016/09/30 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
The milk thistle (Silybum marianum) seeds Oil and ethanolic extracts were subjected to chemical analysis, and evaluated for their antioxidant activities. Chemical analysis of the Oil was performed by GC-MS. The main fatty acids were linoleic (48.26%), oleic (27.71%) and palmitic (7.67%) acids. While sterols major element was ß-sitosterol (27.06%) followed by cholesterol (22.38%). Antioxidant activity was examined using DPPH (353.89 ± 3.68) and ABTS (805.25 ± 16.90) mg TE/ g edw; also FRAP (8.38 ± 0.12 AAE/g edw) assays. Phenolic and flavonoid contents were much more higher in ethanolic extract (45.31 ± 1.75 mg GAE/g edw - 33.23 ± 0.87 mg RE/g edw). In summary, chemometric comparisons with our previous analysis of lipids from Moroccan Oils demonstrated the interesting and unique profile of the milk thistle Oil for nutritional diet and therapies.