Essential oils and uses of Eryngium foetidum L

Marina Silalahi *

Biology Education Department, FKIP, Universitas Kristen Indonesia, Jakarta. Jl. Mayjen Sutoyo No. 2 Cawang, Jakarta Timur. 1350. 
 
Review Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021, 15(03), 289–294.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2021.15.3.0175
Publication history: 
Received on 17 May 2021; revised on 25 June 2021; accepted on 27 June 2021
 
Abstract: 
Eryngium foetidum is a species belonging Apiaceae which is used as medicine, vegetables, and spices. The plants used as medicine related to its secondary metabolites. The writing of this article is based on a literature review obtained online sources and offline used keywords Eryngium foetidum, secondary metabolites of E. foetidum, and uses of E. foetidum. In ethnobotany E. foetidum used to treat fever, hypertension, headache, abdominal pain, asthma, arthritis, diarrhea, and malaria. The essential oil of E. foetidum is dominated by (E) -2-dodecenal, dodecanoic acid, trans-2-dodecanoic acid, (E) -2-tridecenal, duraldehyde, and tetradecane. The bioactivity of E. foetidum has anti-microbial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. The ability of E. foetidum essential oils as an anti-microbial is very potential to be developed as a natural food preservative.
 
Keywords: 
Eryngium foetidum; Anti-microbial; Essential oil; antioxidant
 
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