Caracterización y cuantificación cromatográfica de carvacrol y timol en Lippia graveolens Kunth bajo manejo diferenciado

Autores/as

  • Priscilla Yamilhet Montes Orona Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango image/svg+xml
    • Formal Analysis
    • Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Writing – Original Draft Preparation
  • Mercedes Georgina Ramírez Aragón Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Lerdo image/svg+xml
    • Methodology
    • Investigation
    • Validation
  • Ulises Noel Gutiérrez Guzmán Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango image/svg+xml
    • Software
    • Visualization
  • Aaron David Lugo Palacios Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango image/svg+xml
    • Conceptualization
    • Data Curation
  • Carmen Lizette Del Toro Sánchez Universidad de Sonora image/svg+xml
    • Validation
    • Supervision
    • Investigation
  • Ramón Francisco Dórame Miranda Universidad de Sonora image/svg+xml
    • Writing – Review & Editing
    • Supervision
    • Validation
    • Formal Analysis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a13n3.5171

Palabras clave:

Compuestos bioactivos, Fenólicos, FTIR, UHPLC, Vermicomposta

Resumen

El orégano mexicano (Lippia graveolens Kunth) es una especie de alto valor económico y funcional, debido a su contenido de compuestos fenólicos, principalmente carvacrol y timol, los cuales son ampliamente utilizados en las industrias alimentaria y farmacéutica. No obstante, su producción y variabilidad química están asociadas a factores de manejo agronómico y limitan la estandarización de sus derivados. Los objetivos de este estudio fueron cuantificar carvacrol y timol en la oleorresina de L. graveolens Kunth mediante cromatografía líquida (UHPLC-DAD), determinar su capacidad antioxidante y describir su perfil químico mediante FTIR. El orégano se obtuvo de una población semidomesticada fertilizada con diferentes dosis de vermicomposta (0, 5, 10 y 15 t ha-1) y recolectada en tres fechas de corte. La oleorresina se obtuvo por maceración etanólica y se analizó mediante cromatografía. Los tiempos de retención fueron de 1.8 min para carvacrol y 1.99 min para timol. La mayor concentración de timol (75.33 µg mL-1) y carvacrol (27.29 µg mL-1) se registró con la dosis de 10 t ha-1 en el primer corte. La capacidad antioxidante, evaluada mediante los métodos ABTS•⁺ y DPPH•, mostró diferencias significativas entre los tratamientos, destacando el tratamiento control en el primer corte. El análisis FTIR confirmó la presencia de compuestos fenólicos, terpenos y aromáticos. Por lo tanto, se concluye que la dosis de vermicomposta y la fecha de corte influyen significativamente en la composición química y la actividad antioxidante de la oleorresina, aportando información relevante para el manejo sostenible y el aprovechamiento funcional del cultivo.

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Montes Orona, P. Y., Ramírez Aragón, M. G., Gutiérrez Guzmán, U. N., Lugo Palacios, A. D., Del Toro Sánchez, C. L., & Dórame Miranda, R. F. (2026). Caracterización y cuantificación cromatográfica de carvacrol y timol en Lippia graveolens Kunth bajo manejo diferenciado. Ecosistemas Y Recursos Agropecuarios, 13(3), e5171. https://doi.org/10.19136/era.a13n3.5171

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