Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from aerial parts of  Micromeria fruticulosa  (Bertol.) Grande (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy | Zendy

Formisano Carmen | Zendy; Mignola Enrico | Zendy; Rigano Daniela | Zendy; Senatore Felice | Zendy; Bellone Gabriella | Zendy; Bruno Maurizio | Zendy; Rosselli Sergio | Zendy

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from aerial parts of Micromeria fruticulosa (Bertol.) Grande (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy

Author(s) -

Formisano Carmen,

Mignola Enrico,

Rigano Daniela,

Senatore Felice,

Bellone Gabriella,

Bruno Maurizio,

Rosselli Sergio

Publication year - 2007

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.1795

Subject(s) - lamiaceae , essential oil , antimicrobial , chemistry , botany , sesquiterpene , composition (language) , chemical composition , food science , biology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy

The essential oil of aerial parts of Micromeria fruticulosa (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC–MS. Sixty‐one compounds, representing 91.3% of the oil, were identified. The major components were γ ‐terpinene (14.5%), β ‐caryophyllene (12.6%), p ‐cymene (8.9%), α ‐pinene (8.2%) and β ‐bisabolene (7.2%). The essential oil showed action mainly against Gram‐positive bacteria. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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