TY - JOUR ID - 45604 TI - Citrus aurantium (bitter orange) seeds oil: pharmacognostic, anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive properties JO - Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences JA - TIPS LA - en SN - 2423-3722 AU - Hamedi, Azadeh AU - Zarshenas, Mohammad M. AU - Jamshidzadeh, Akram AU - Ahmadi, Saeed AU - Heidari, Reza AU - Pasdaran, Ardalan AD - AD - Department of phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plant Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sc AD - Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Medicinal Plants Processing Research Center, Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 5 IS - 3 SP - 153 EP - 164 KW - Citrus aurantium KW - seed oil KW - Bitter orange KW - Anti-inflammatory KW - phytosterols KW - linoleic acid DO - 10.30476/tips.2019.82996.1020 N2 - The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the pharmacognostic properties of Citrus aurantium seeds as well as its anti-inflammatory activities. The n-hexane fraction of seed oil extracted via a Soxhlet extractor and subjected to pharmacognostic assays, HPTLC and GC-MS analysis for determination of fatty acids and sterols. The possible anti-inflammatory and antinociceptive activities in rats were evaluated using formalin-induced paw licking, oedema and myeloperoxidase activity assessment. Total ash, acid insoluble and water soluble ash values were determined as 35.83 ± 4.92, 6.67 ± 2.89 and 28.33 ± 5.77 mg/g, respectively. HPTLC assessment revealed the presence of different fatty acids and steroidal triterpenes. The principal fatty acids of the seed oil were linoleic acid (C18:2, 50.10 ± 2.58 %) and Oleic acid (C18:1, 30.14 ± 0.39). Esterified (2.40 mg/g) and free β-sitosterol (32.90 mg/g), free campesterol (3.9 mg/g) and free stigmasterol (10.165 mg/g) were detected in the oil. Seed oil exhibited anti-inflammatory properties in the first and the second phases of formalin test. Also, it had anti-edematogenic effects but exerted no effects on myeloperoxidase activity. UR - https://tips.sums.ac.ir/article_45604.html L1 - https://tips.sums.ac.ir/article_45604_a8d6e088946aab7c8de51f36ac164110.pdf ER -