Compositions and the in vitro antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Achillea setacea and Achillea teretifolia (Compositae)

ÜNLÜ M., DAFERERA D., DÖNMEZ E., POLISSIOU M., TEPE B., Sokmen A.

JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY, cilt.83, ss.117-121, 2002 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 83
  • Basım Tarihi: 2002
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0378-8741(02)00218-0
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.117-121
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

GC-MS analysis of the isolated essential oils from air-dried aerial parts of Achillea setacea and Achillea teretifolia, an endemic taxon, resulted in the identification of 51 constituents (79.8% of the total oil) and 42 constituents (87.1% of the total oil), respectively. Eucalyptol (1,8-cineole) was the major constituent of both oils studied (18.5 and 19.9%, respectively). The antimicrobial activities of the essential oils were individually evaluated against 14 microorganisms. Both oils exhibited inhibitory effects on Clostridium perfringens, Acinetobacter Iwoffii and Candida albicans with a range of minimum inhibitory concentration values extended from 0.28 to 2.25 mg/ml. Camphor and their derivatives, borneol, terpinen-4-ol and eucalyptol (1,8-cineol) can be considered as the main antimicrobial constituents of the oils studied. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.