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    Preparation, Characterization, and Biological Potential of Nanoemulsion from Rosmarinus officinalis L. Essential Oil
    (Springer, 2023-10-02T00:00:00) Sharma, Arun Dev; Chhabra, Ravindresh; Jain, Puneet; Kaur, Inderjeet; Chauhan, Amrita; Rani, Retika
    Essential oil from Rosmarinus officinalis (also known as rosemary essential oil) is used as traditional medicine and used as therapeutic in medicine, food, and cosmetic sectors. However, this oil is highly unstable, volatile, and prone to oxidation which limits its use. Thus, encapsulation is the better way to protect this oil from adverse conditions. The objective of this study was synthesis of rosemary essential oil (REO) based O/W (oil/water) nanoemulsions (designated as RNE) and evaluation of its biological potential. Physiological characterization was carried out using, UV, fluorescent, and FT-IR techniques. Various biological activities such as anticancerous, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory were also estimated. Pharmacokinetics studies on RNE were carried out. Encapsulation efficiency of RNE was found to be 92%. RNE nanoemulsions were spherical in shape with globule size, Z-Average (nm) size 220 nm, zeta potential ?11.33 mV, and polydispersity index was 0.47. RNE nanoemulsions were stable even after 50 days of storage at different temperatures. Antioxidant potential of RNE was conducted by various assays and IC50 were DPPH free radical scavenging activity: 21.53, nitric oxide radical scavenging activity: 26.66, hydroxyl radical scavenging activity: 32.69, ABTS radical scavenging activity: 33.05, and iron chelating assay: 38.78. Notable anticancer activity was observed with the percent cell viability of HeLa cells after treatment with RNE was 23% at higher concentration of 5 ?g. Antidiabetic study revealed that RNE inhibited ?-amylase in a concentration dependent manner, with 71% inhibition at its higher concentration of 250 ?g. RNE depicted maximum antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis at higher concentration of 300 ?g. Drug kinetic study revealed that nanoemulsions exhibited Korsmeyer�Peppas model. Based on this, the possible role of R. officinalis oil-based nanoemulsions in food, cosmetic, and pharma sectors has been discussed. � 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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    Antimicrobial and repellent activity of the essential oils of two lamiaceae cultivated in Western Himalaya
    (Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2015) Stappen, Iris; Ali, Abbas; Tabanca, Nurhayat; Khan,Ikhlas A.; Wanner, J�rgen; Gochev, Velizar K.; Singh, Virendra; Lal, Brij; Jaitak, Vikas; Kaul, Vijay K.; Schmidt, Erich; Jirovetz, Leopold; Stappen, I.; Ali, A.; Tabanca, N.; Khan, I.A.; Wanner, J.; Gochev, V.K.; Singh, V.; Lal, B.; Jaitak, V.; Kaulh, V.K.; Schmidt, E.; Jirovetz, L.
    The essential oils of two Lamiaceae cultivated in Western Himalaya were examined on their antimicrobial, biting deterrent as well as larvicidal activity. Additionally their odors are described and their chemical compositions analyzed by GC-MS are given. The main component of Nepeta cataria oil was 4a?,7?,7a?-nepetalactone (85%), whereas camphor (27%) and 1,8-cineol (27%) were dominant in the oil of Rosmarinus officinalis. The studied essential oils demonstrated high to moderately antimicrobial activity against reference strains, clinical and food spoilage isolates of Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella abony and Candida albicans (MIC 160-640 ?g/ml) and indicated low activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and P. fluorescens. Both oils showed biting deterrent activity above solvent control but lower than DEET. Nepeta catarica essential oil exhibited high toxicity with LD50 value of 20.2 whereas R. officinalis oil showed only 50% mortality at the highest tested dose of 125 ppm against 1-day old Aedes aegypti larvae at 24-hour post treatment. ? 2015 Bentham Science Publishers.