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Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Michelia foveolata Merryll ex Dandy from Vietnam
Author(s) -
Lesueur Dominique,
Serra Dominique de Rocca,
Bighelli Ange,
Hoi Tran Minh,
Ban Ninh Khac,
Thai Tran Huy,
Casanova Joseph
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.1799
Subject(s) - chemistry , bacillus cereus , essential oil , antibacterial activity , staphylococcus epidermidis , sabinene , salmonella enterica , chromatography , staphylococcus aureus , gas chromatography , composition (language) , food science , botany , bacteria , biochemistry , escherichia coli , limonene , genetics , linguistics , philosophy , gene , biology
The chemical composition of the volatile oil extracted from aerial parts (twigs, leaves and flowers) of Michelia foveolata growing wild in Vietnam was investigated by combination of column chromatography, GC (retention indices), GC–MS and 13 C‐NMR spectroscopy. Fifty‐eight components were identified, with sabinene (32.4%) and terpinen‐4‐ol (13.7%) as the main constituents. The essential oil was tested against 11 bacteria using the agar disc diffusion method, and exhibited a significant antibacterial activity against Salmonella enterica , Staphylococcus epidermidis , Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus (MICs = 2–4 µl/ml). Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.