Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy

The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of two samples of Thymus longicaulis C. Presl, collected in Campania and in Sicily, and two samples of Thymus pulegioides L. from the same regions, were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed. Considering the four oils together, seventy-eight differ...

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Autores principales: Martino, Laura De, Bruno, Maurizio, Formisano, Carmen, Feo, Vincenzo De, Napolitano, Francesco, Rosselli, Sergio, Senatore, Felice
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924089
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14114614
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author Martino, Laura De
Bruno, Maurizio
Formisano, Carmen
Feo, Vincenzo De
Napolitano, Francesco
Rosselli, Sergio
Senatore, Felice
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description The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of two samples of Thymus longicaulis C. Presl, collected in Campania and in Sicily, and two samples of Thymus pulegioides L. from the same regions, were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed. Considering the four oils together, seventy-eight different compounds were identified: 57 for Thymus longicaulis from Sicily (91.1% of the total oil), 40 for Thymus longicaulis from Campania (91.5% of the oil), 39 for Thymus pulegioides from Sicily (92.5% of the oil) and 29 for Thymus pulegioides from Campania (90.1% of the oil). The composition of the oils is different, although the most abundant components are identical in T. pulegioides. The essential oils showed antibacterial activity against eight selected microorganisms.
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spelling pubmed-62553212018-11-30 Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy Martino, Laura De Bruno, Maurizio Formisano, Carmen Feo, Vincenzo De Napolitano, Francesco Rosselli, Sergio Senatore, Felice Molecules Article The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of two samples of Thymus longicaulis C. Presl, collected in Campania and in Sicily, and two samples of Thymus pulegioides L. from the same regions, were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed. Considering the four oils together, seventy-eight different compounds were identified: 57 for Thymus longicaulis from Sicily (91.1% of the total oil), 40 for Thymus longicaulis from Campania (91.5% of the oil), 39 for Thymus pulegioides from Sicily (92.5% of the oil) and 29 for Thymus pulegioides from Campania (90.1% of the oil). The composition of the oils is different, although the most abundant components are identical in T. pulegioides. The essential oils showed antibacterial activity against eight selected microorganisms. Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2009-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6255321/ /pubmed/19924089 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14114614 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Senatore, Felice
Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title_full Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title_fullStr Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title_full_unstemmed Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title_short Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils from Two Species of Thymus Growing Wild in Southern Italy
title_sort chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from two species of thymus growing wild in southern italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6255321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19924089
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14114614
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