Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities of Clove Bud Essential Oil and Eugenol Nanoparticles in Alcohol-Free Microemulsion

作者：Hamed Said Fatouh; Sadek Zainab; Edris Amr^*

来源：Journal of Oleo Science, 2012, 61(11): 641-648.

DOI：10.5650/jos.61.641

• microemulsion
• clove bud essential oil
• eugenol
• antioxidant
• antimicrobial

Clove bud essential oil (CEO) and its major individual phenolic constituent eugenol were formulated as nanoparticles in water-based microemulsion systems. The oil titration method was used to incorporate different amounts of the oil and eugenol in the micellar solution of Tween-20. The Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were evaluated using the OPPH* free radical scavenging assay and the agar disc dilution method, respectively. Results showed that microemulsion improved the evaluated activities of CEO and eugenol compared with the crude counterparts. Individual eugenol microemulsion was more effective than CEO microemulsion which contained only 61.7% eugenol among its constituents. The results of this study could have potential applications in water-based disinfectants, preservation and flavoring of food and in personal hygiene products. It may also have promising applications in the nutraceutical and functional beverage field.

• 出版日期2012-11