| Titre : | Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oil isolated from South African Mentha longifolia (L.) L. subsp. capensis (Thunb.) Briq. (2013) |
| Auteurs : | A. O. Oyedeji, Auteur ; A. J. Afolayan, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 18 N° Spécial, Juillet 2006) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 57-59 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Tags : | Mentha longifolia Lamiaceae Essential oil composition Menthone Pulegone 1,8-cineole Antibacterial activity |
| Résumé : | The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from Mentha longifolia of South Africa origin was analyzed by GC and GC/M S. A total of 31 components were identified, accounting for 99.7% of the oil composition. Menthone (50.9%), pulegone (19.3%) and 1,8-cineole (11,9%) were the major constituents of the oil. The oil was screened against Gram + and Gram - bacteria and found to be very active against Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus kristinae, Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 0.039 to 0.078 pg/mL. |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
| En ligne : | http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18019084 |
