Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Artemisia kulbadica from Iran.

Nat Prod Commun

Department of Applied Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 37185/364, Qom, Iran.

Published: September 2009

The hydrodistilled volatile oil from the aerial parts of Artemisia kulbadica Boiss. & Buhse was investigated by a combination of GC and GC/MS. Twenty-seven compounds were identified, representing 92.9% of the total oil. Sabinene (25.1%), trans-thujone (18.7%) and gamma-cadinene (16.0%) were the main components. The antimicrobial activity was determined against six bacterial strains and one fungal. The oil was active against all the tested strains.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

antimicrobial activity
8
artemisia kulbadica
8
composition antimicrobial
4
activity essential
4
oil
4
essential oil
4
oil artemisia
4
kulbadica iran
4
iran hydrodistilled
4
hydrodistilled volatile
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!