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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Phlomis ferruginea Ten. (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy
Author(s) -
Formisano Carmen,
Senatore Felice,
Bruno Maurizio,
Bellone Gabriella
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.1740
Subject(s) - lamiaceae , antimicrobial , chemistry , essential oil , germacrene d , botany , traditional medicine , germacrene , sesquiterpene , composition (language) , caryophyllene , food science , biology , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , medicine , linguistics , philosophy
The essential oil of aerial parts of Phlomis ferruginea (Lamiaceae), growing wild in Southern Italy, was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC–MS. 60 compounds, representing 92.3% of the oil, were identified. The major components were β ‐caryophyllene (15.6%), hexadecanoic acid (12.8%), germacrene D (8.9%), caryophyllene oxide (6.7%) and α ‐thujone (5.5%). The evaluation of antimicrobial activity against some bacterial species has been tested. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.