z-logo
Premium
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Cryptomeria japonica
Author(s) -
Cha JeongDan,
Jeong MiRan,
Jeong SeungIl,
Moon SangEun,
Kil BongSeop,
Yun SoonIl,
Lee KyungYeol,
Song YoHan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
phytotherapy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1573
pISSN - 0951-418X
DOI - 10.1002/ptr.1864
Subject(s) - cryptomeria , sabinene , essential oil , antimicrobial , japonica , bacteria , composition (language) , food science , chemistry , antibacterial activity , chemical composition , biology , traditional medicine , botany , medicine , organic chemistry , linguistics , genetics , philosophy , limonene
Abstract The composition and the antibacterial activity of the essential oil obtained from Cryptomeria japonica D. Don on oral bacteria were studied. The chemical composition of the essential oil was analysed by GC and GC‐MS. Sixty‐eight compounds accounting for 95.82% of the oil were identified. The main compounds in the oil were α ‐pinene (6.07%), sabinene (8.86%), terpinen‐4‐ol (9.77%), α ‐terpineol (6.13%), elemol (11.17%) and 10(15)‐cadinen‐4‐ol (7.16%). The essential oil and some of its major compounds were tested for antimicrobial activity against 15 different genera of oral bacteria. The essential oil of C. japonica exhibited considerable inhibitory effects against all bacteria tested (MICs, 0.025–0.05 mg/mL; MBCs, 0.025–0.1 mg/mL), while its major compounds demonstrated various degrees of growth inhibition. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This content is not available in your region!

Continue researching here.

Having issues? You can contact us here