In vitro anti-Vibrio cholerae activity of essential oil from Lepechinia caulescens.

Fitoterapia

Laboratorio de Fitoquímica, Unidad de Biología, Tecnología y Prototipos (UBIPRO), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, México, C.P. 54090, México.

Published: January 2005

Lepechinia caulescens is a plant employed by the Purepecha (a Mexican ethnic group) to treat infectious gastrointestinal ailments. The essential oil of this species was active against some strains of Vibrio cholerae with 4 microl/ml MIC and 6 microl/ml MBC. The major components of the oil found by GC-MS were borneol, camphor and trans-caryophyllene.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fitote.2004.10.007DOI Listing

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