Antimicrobial Activities of Essential Oil and Methanol Extract ofTeucrium montanum
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Vol. 4 (s1), 17-20
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nem108
Abstract
This study was designed to examine the chemical composition of essential oil and thein vitroantimicrobial activities of essential oil and methanol extract ofTeucrium montanum. The inhibitory effects of essential oil and methanol extracts ofT. montanumwere tested against 13 bacterial and three fungal species by using disc-diffusion method. GC/MS analyses revealed that essential oil contains mainly δ-cadinene (17.19%), β-selinene (8.16%) α-calacorene (4.97%), 1,6-dimethyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-naphthalene (4.91%), caryophyllene (4.35%), copaene (4.23%), torreyol (3.91%), 4-terpineol (3.90%), cadina-1,4-diene (3.39%), β-sesquiphellandrene (3.34%), τ-cadinol (3.12%) and γ-curcumene (3.18%). The essential oil has antibacterial as well as antifungal effect.Keywords
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