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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from aerial parts of Micromeria fruticulosa (Bertol.) Grande (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy

2007; Wiley; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/ffj.1795

1099-1026

Carmen Formisano, Enrico Mignola, Daniela Rigano, Felice Senatore, Gabriella Bellone, Maurizio Bruno, Sergio Rosselli,

Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Annonaceae

Abstract The essential oil of aerial parts of Micromeria fruticulosa (Lamiaceae) growing wild in Southern Italy was obtained by hydrodistillation and analysed by GC and GC–MS. Sixty‐one compounds, representing 91.3% of the oil, were identified. The major components were γ ‐terpinene (14.5%), β ‐caryophyllene (12.6%), p ‐cymene (8.9%), α ‐pinene (8.2%) and β ‐bisabolene (7.2%). The essential oil showed action mainly against Gram‐positive bacteria. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.