| Literature DB >> 21988483 |
F Zehra Küçükbay1, Ebru Kuyumcu, Tuçe Bilenler, Bayram Yıldız.
Abstract
Hydrodistilled volatile oil from the aerial parts of Achillea cretica L. (Asteraceae) was analysed by a combination of GC and GC/MS. Seventy-six components were identified, constituting 86.4% of the oil. The main constituents of the essential oil were caryophylladienol-II (13.4%), β-maaliene (6.1%), neo-intermedeol (6.0%), carvone (4.9%), spathulenol (4.5%), palmitic acid (3.3%) and selina-3,11-dien-6α-ol (3.2%). The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by the broth-dilution method on nine microbial strains and showed to be quite strong against the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus. The antibacterial properties of A. cretica justify its use in traditional medicine for the treatment of wounds, contaminated through bacterial infections.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21988483 DOI： 10.1080/14786419.2011.599808
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Prod Res ISSN： 1478-6419 Impact factor: 2.861