Comparative Study of Chemical Composition and Antioxidant activity of Essential oil, Tincture and Petroleum extraction from Medicinal plant-based raw material of Tanacetum vulgare

Abstract

Due to the increase in allergic reactions to synthetic drugs, there has been a demand to expand the range of medications based on medicinal plant-based raw materials. Tanacetum vulgare is a medicinal plant that contains large amount of biologically active substances and is widely used in traditional and modern medicine. The aim of the study was to elaborate the chemical composition and pharmacological activity of extracts (the essential oil, the tincture and the petroleum extract) derived from medicinal plant-based raw materials of Tanacetum vulgare. The object of the study was essential oil obtained from fresh Tanacetum vulgare grass, petroleum extraction of Tanacetum vulgare and tincture obtained from Tanacetum vulgare using the maceration method. The qualitative composition of essential oil, tincture and petroleum extraction was determined by chromatography-mass spectrometry. In essential oil, regardless of the preparation method, the maximal antioxidant activity is shown by the petroleum extraction from the grass of Tanacetum vulgare. Hydrodistillation was performed using a Ginsberg method or hydrodistillation using a Cleveger method. More than 80 compounds have been identified; more than 100 compounds have been identified in tincture, and more than 150 compounds have been identified in petroleum extraction,such as camphor, borneol, ascaridiol, isoaromadendrene, cubenol, limonene, carvacrol, pinene, cineol, terpineol and chrysanthenon. Tincture and essential oil exhibit antioxidant activity slightly lower than petroleum extraction.