Authors: | Jiang, Jian-Gou Tian, Ying-Juan Yang, Li Zhu, Liang |
Title: | Chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oil of Blumea megacephala |
Language (ISO): | en |
Abstract: | Blumea megacephala 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 (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli), Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus), and yeast (Hansenula anomala). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were correlated with chemical composition. |
Subject Headings: | antimicrobial activity Blumea megacephala essential oil GC/MS |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/27750 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-1161 |
Issue Date: | 2011-05-17 |
Appears in Collections: | Original Articles |
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