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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.