| Titre : | Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from stems, leaves, fruits and roots of smyrnium cordifolium boiss. from Iran (2006) |
| Auteurs : | Hamzeh Amiri, Auteur ; Ramezan A. Khavari-Nejad, Auteur ; Shiva Masoud, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 18 N° 5, Septembre-Octobre 2006) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 574-577 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Smyrnium cordifolium Umbelliferae Essential oil composition Curzerene Curzerenone Hexadecanoic acid Antimicrobial activity |
| Résumé : |
The essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation from the stems, leaves, fruits and roots of Smyrnium cordifolium Boiss. growing wild in the northwest of Iran were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The major constituents of the stem and fruit oils appeared to be curzerene (22.7% and 45.7%) and curzerenone (19.2% and 23.9%). The leaf and root oils were also characterized by high concentration of these compounds but in reversed order: curzerenone (21.8% and 56.6%) and curzerene (16.9% and 18.7%). Hexadecanoicacid (13.6% and 18.7%) was also prodominant in the stem and leaf oils.
In this study antibacterial activities of stem, leaf, root and fruit oils of S. cordifolium against seven Gram-positive and -negative bacteria were determined by measuring the growth inhibitory zone. The oils showed significant anti-microbial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. The oil of root and fruit inhibited the growth of Salmonella typhi; the stem oil inhibited the growth of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeroginosa. Shigella flexneri was insensitive to the oil. |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10412905.2006.9699172#.UXmaiEqC5mN |
