Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oil

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by m...

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Autores principales: Mahboubi, M, Kazempour, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22530088
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by micro broth dilution assay and the chemical composition of essential oils was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. RESULTS: Thymol, p-cymene, γ-terpinene and carvacrol were the main components of S. hortensis oil while thymol, γ-terpinene, and o-cymene were the major components of T. copticum oil. Two essential oils exhibited strong antimicrobial activity but the antimicrobial activity of T. copticum oil was higher than that of S. hortensis oil. CONCLUSION: Thymol as a main component of oils plays an important role in antimicrobial activity.
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spelling pubmed-33301832012-04-23 Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oil Mahboubi, M Kazempour, N Iran J Microbiol Original Article BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oils against different kinds of microorganisms in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The antimicrobial activity was evaluated by micro broth dilution assay and the chemical composition of essential oils was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. RESULTS: Thymol, p-cymene, γ-terpinene and carvacrol were the main components of S. hortensis oil while thymol, γ-terpinene, and o-cymene were the major components of T. copticum oil. Two essential oils exhibited strong antimicrobial activity but the antimicrobial activity of T. copticum oil was higher than that of S. hortensis oil. CONCLUSION: Thymol as a main component of oils plays an important role in antimicrobial activity. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2011-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3330183/ /pubmed/22530088 Text en © 2011 Iranian Society of Microbiology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis and Trachyspermum copticum essential oil
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