GC-MS Characterization, in vitro Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Newly Isolated Oil from Edible Wild Bamboo Rice (Bambusa bambos)

Abstract

Bamboo has the peculiarity of flowering and seeding only once after a long vegetative phase. Bamboo seeds of species Bambusa bambos are put into a variety of traditional medicinal uses and also an important source of food for indigenous people of Western Ghats of south India. Bamboo seeds lack evidence of scientific study and an attempt was made to identify the phytoconstituents present in it. Oil was isolated from aqueous ethanolic extract of bamboo seed for the first time. GC-MS characterization, in vitro antioxidant (DPPH, ABTS, Nitric oxide and alkaline DMSO methods) and antimicrobial screening were determined. In GC-MS analysis bamboo seeds oil showed the presence of 28 phytoconstituents includes long chain aliphatic carboxylic acids (saturated and unsaturated) and their derivatives including, aldehyde, esters and alcohols, as well as aromatic compounds, and a steroidal compound. Bamboo seed oil showed good antioxidant and antimicrobial activities.