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Chemical and Biological Evaluation of Hypericum maculatum Crantz Essential Oil
Author(s) -
Ðorđević Aleksandra S.,
Lazarević Jelena S.,
Petrović Goran M.,
Zlatković Bojan K.,
Solujić Slavica R.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.201300165
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , chemistry , essential oil , botany , chemical composition , hypericum , food science , biology , organic chemistry
The chemical composition and the antimicrobial activity of the essential oil isolated from the aerial parts of Hypericum maculatum Crantz were determined. In total, 109 compounds were identified, with germacrene D (21.5%), nonane (6.5%), ( E )‐ β ‐farnesene (5.3%), δ ‐cadinene (4.5%), and ledol (4.4%) as the main constituents. The chemical compositions of this oil and of four previously studied H. maculatum oils were compared using multivariate statistical analyses, viz. , agglomerative hierarchical cluster and principal component analyses. Based on the results, the interrelationship among the hitherto studied H. maculatum oil samples, including the oil characterized here, was discussed. The study of the antimicrobial potential of the oil against five bacterial and two fungal strains showed that the oil had mainly moderate antimicrobial effects.