Antimicrobial activity and essential oil composition of Thymus daenensis Celak from Iran

Dynamic Chiropractic

Maryam Teimouri¹ 

关键词: Antimicrobial activity;    crop;    essential oil;    gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS);    Thymus daenesis.;   

DOI  :  10.5897/JMPR11.1347

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: MPA Media

【 摘 要 】

The composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil ofThymus daenensisWild, an endemic species from Iran, was studied. The volatile oil obtained by hydrodistillation was characterized by the physico-chemical properties, gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques. Thirty compounds, accounting for 97.5% of the total oil, were identified. The main constituents were thymol (29.8%) and carvacrol (13.6%),p-cymene (11.3), borneol (6.8%) and 1, 8-cineole (5.89%). The antimicrobial activity of essential oil ofT. daenensiswas tested against two Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and three fungi by disc diffusion method. The results of the bioassays showed the interesting antimicrobial activity, in which the Gram-positive bacteria,Staphylococcus aureus, was the most sensitive to the oil, as well the oil exhibited a remarkable antifungal activity against all the tested fungi. These results confirm the possibility of usingT. daenensisin food system, medicine and pharmacy.

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