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KMID : 1161420100130051281
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Journal of Medicinal Food
2010 Volume.13 No. 5 p.1281 ~ p.1285
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Essential Oil Composition of Teucrium divaricatum Sieb. ssp. villosum (Celak.) Rech. fil. Growing Wild in Lebanon
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Formisano Carmen
Napolitano Francesco
Rigano Daniela
Arnold Nelly Apostolides
Piozzi Franco
Senatore Felice
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Abstract
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Teucrium divaricatum Sieb. ssp. villosum (Celak.) Rech. fil. is a medicinal plant used in Lebanon. The hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of T. divaricatum yielded 0.27% (wt/wt) of essential oil; gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis enabled the identification of 60 compounds representing 94.5% of the total oil. On the whole, the oil was constituted mainly by sesquiterpenes (64.6%), particularly sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (50.0%). The most abundant compounds were (E)-caryophyllene (30.1%) and caryophyllene oxide (6.1%). The in vitro activity of the essential oil against some microorganisms in comparison with gentamicin by the broth dilution method was determined. The oil exhibited a good activity as an inhibitor of growth of Gram-positive bacteria.
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KEYWORD
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antimicrobial activity, (E)-caryophyllene, caryophyllene oxide, essential oil, Teucrium divaricatum ssp. villosum
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