March 4/Food & Farm Week -- Per research from Tarbiat Modares University, "The search for natural antioxidants, especially of plant origin, has notably increased in recent years. Bunium persicum Boiss. is an economically important medicinal plant growing wild in the dry temperature regions in Iran. In this study, chemical constituents of the essential oil of the seed from Bunium persicum Boiss. have been studied by GC/MS technique," researchers in in Iran report.
"The major components were caryophyllene (27.81%), gamma-tetpinene (15.19%), cuminyl acetate (14.67%). Individual antioxidant assays, such as DPPH. scavenging activity and beta-carotene bleaching, have been carried out.