Volatile Constituents and Antimicrobial Activities from Flower and Fruit of Arbutus unedo L.

KAHRİMAN N., ALBAY C. G., DOĞAN N., USTA A., Karaoglu S. A., YAYLI N.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, cilt.22, sa.8, ss.6437-6442, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.6437-6442
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Arbutus unedo L., Essential oil, Antimicrobial activity, GC-FID, GC-MS, ESSENTIAL OIL ANALYSIS, CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION, SEASONAL PATTERNS, AROMA COMPOUNDS, IDENTIFICATION, COMPONENTS, EMISSION, LEAF, STEM
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from flower and fruit of Arbutus unedo growing in Turkey were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Forty-nine compounds, representing around 95 % of the total oils were identified. Non-terpenoids hydrocarbons were shown to be the main group of constituents of the flower and fruit part of the plant in the ratio of 62.2 and 92.8 %, respectively. The major component in the essential oil of the flower was a-terpineol (16.3 %) and the main compound in the essential oil of the fruit was hexadecanoic acid (21.7 %). The antimicrobial activity of the isolated essential oils of the flower and fruit were also investigated and it showed moderate antibacterial activity against Listeria monocitogenes and Enterococcus faecalis.