Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oil of Blumea megacephala.

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College of Food and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Wushan Road 381, Guangzhou 510641, China.

Published: May 2011

essential oil, obtained through steam distillation of samples collected from the Shiwang Mountains in Guangxi Province, China, was analyzed using GC-FID and GC-MS. Among the 65 compounds identified in the oil, the main compounds were borneol (13.6 %), β-caryophyllene (9.56 %), germacrene D (9.09 %), sabinene (6.37 %), and α-humulene (4.78 %). Antimicrobial activity revealed that the essential oil (1000 μg/disc) has promising antimicrobial effects against several pathogens, giving satisfactory inhibition zone diameter values (21.5, 21.6, 23.4, 23.8, 21.9) and MIC values (125, 125, 62.5, 125, 125 µg/ml) against Gram-negative bacteria (, ), Gram-positive bacteria (, ), and yeast (). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were correlated with chemical composition.

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