Chemical analysis and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils of Satureja thymbra L. and Thymbra spicata L. and their main components
2011
Marković, T., Institute for Medicinal Plant Research Dr Josif Pančić, Belgrade (Serbia) | Chatzopoulou, P., National Agricultural Research Foundation (NAGREF), Thermi, Thessaloniki (Greece). A.R.C.N.G, Department of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants | Šiljegović, J., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia) | Nikolić, M., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia) | Glamočlija, J., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia) | Ćirić, A., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia) | Soković, M., Institute for Biological Research Siniša Stanković, Belgrade (Serbia)
This work covers the chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of the essential oils isolated from Satureja thymbra and Thymbra spicata analyzed using GC/MS. The main components of S. thymbra oil were thymol (33.8 %), gama-terpinene (30.8 %) and rho-cymene (11.8 %). The main components in T. spicata oil were carvacrol (74.5 %) and gama-terpinene (11.2 %). The oils and their main components, thymol and carvacrol, were assayed by applying the microdilution method for antibacterial and antifungal activity against food poisoning, plant, animal and human pathogenic microorganisms. The oil of T. spicata and carvacrol showed the highest antimicrobial activity.
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