Characterization of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Ability of Volatile Compounds in Banana M Acuminata Fruit

Abstract

Essential oils provide the qualities that make aromatic plants useful in the food, fragrance, and medicinal sectors. The makeup of essential oils is complicated, with anything from a few dozen to several hundred elements. Traditionally, solvent extraction, steam distillation, or hydrodistillation are used to extract the essential oil from romatic plants. These procedures are newlineinexpensive, but they can cause certain scent compounds to hydrolyze, degrade thermally, and become water soluble. Based on the pulp of M. acuminata L., the percentage yields of essential oils extracted from the pulp from Jahaji, Surya Kadali, Sirumalai, and Basrai were determined to be 0.7%, 0.41%, 0.54%, and 0.62%. From Jahaji, Surya Kadali, Sirumalai, and Basrai, the percentage yields of essential oils extracted from the peel of M. acuminata L. were determined to be 0.31%, 0.26%, 0.44%, and 0.18%. A broth microdilution technique was used for the in vitro antimicrobial investigation, which newlineinvolved gram-positive S. aureus and gram-negative E. coli strains. The in vitro antioxidant properties of samples of essential oils were evaluated using the free radical scavenging techniques ABTS and DPPH. There was an increase in DPPH scavenging and ABTS activity that was dose-dependent. The Basrai variety, Jahaji, Surya Kadali, and Sirumalai samples had the highest DPPH activity from the pulp sample. The Surya kadali variety, Jahaji, Basari, and newlineSirumalai samples had the highest DPPH activity from the peel sample. The Surya Kadali variety had the highest ABTS activity in the pulp sample, with the Sirumalai, Jahaji, and Basrai samples following suit. The Surya Kadali variety had the highest ABTS activity in the peel sample, with the Basari, Jahaji, and Sirumalai samples following suit. newlineHexane:acetone (7:2 v/v) solvent solutions were used to perform the TLC profiling of the newlineessential oils from M. acuminata (Surya Kadali, Basari, Jahaji, and Sirumalai), which newlinedemonstrated excellent separation amongst the essential oil samples.