Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Achillea coarctata Essential Oils from Greece
Abstract
The essential oils of the inflorescences and leaves of Achillea coarctata Poir. (Compositae) growing spontaneous in Greece were obtained through hydrodistillation and analysed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Both oils were characterized by the abundance of oxygenated monoterpenes with 1,8-cineole (26.9% and 29.1%, respectively), camphor (22.1%, 9.2%) and borneol (5.0%, 6.8%) being the major constituents. Their in vitro antimicrobial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria strains and the yeast Candida albicans was determined.
Keywords:
Achillea coarctata Poir. / essential oil composition / 1,8-cineole / camphor / borneol / antimicrobial activitySource:
Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants, 2009, 12, 5, 541-545Publisher:
- Har Krishan Bhalla & Sons, Dehra Dun
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2009.10643754
ISSN: 0972-060X