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Terpene-Rich Medicinal Plant Spices for Flavoring of Processed Tropical Food
Medicinal Plants Research and Food Processing Unit, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria
Medicinal Plants Research and Food Processing Unit, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria
Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
- 1 Medicinal Plants Research and Food Processing Unit, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria
- 2 Medicinal Plants Research and Food Processing Unit, Imo State Polytechnic, Owerri, Nigeria
- 3 Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
- 4 Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
- 5 Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
- 6 Depatment of Plant Systems, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA
American Journal of Plant Sciences·Volume 10 (2019)·Pages 572–577·Published 16 April 2019·DOI10.4236/ajps.2019.104041
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Abstract
Tropical medicinal plant spices have remained underutilized in commercial food processing because of the inadequate chemical characterization of their terpene compositions. The activity of medicinal plants used in flavoring is due to their terpene contents. Terpene contents of Aframomum danielli seeds, Xylopia aethiopica fruits, Syzygium aromaticum leaves, Piper guineense seeds, and Monodora myristica seeds were determined using headspace solid-phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. P. guineense is rich in terpinene and terpinolene (2.5 g per 100 g), S. aromaticum has caryophyllene (0.68 g per 100 g) ; A. danielli is rich in ocimene (1.65 g per 100 g) ; X. aethiopica is rich in ocimene (2.94 g per 100 g) ; M. mystristica is rich in delta carene (0.49 g per 100 g). Combinations of the five medicinal plant spices are being applied as flavorings in packaged tropical food.
Keywords<i>&gamma</i>-Terpinene<i>&beta</i>-CaryophylleneOcimeneDelta CareneAfrican Rain ForestMicroextraction GC-MS
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