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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of Ocimum basilicum var. album (L.) Benth, Lavandula angustifolia subsp. Angustifolia, Melissa officinalis Belonging to Lamiaceae Family

2017; Volume: 7; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.17265/2159-5828/2017.10.001

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Hülya Demir, Sadık Kalaycı,

Medicinal Plant Extracts Effects

The present study was conducted to evaluate the chemical composition and antimicrobial activities of essential oils of Ocimum basilicum var.album (L.) Benth, Lavandula angustifolia subsp.angustifolia, Melissa officinalis.The chemical composition of a hydrodistilled essential oils of Ocimum basilicum var.album (L.) Benth., Lavandula angustifolia subsp.angustifolia, Melissa officinalis was analyzed by a GC/MS system.Ocimum basilicum var.album (L.) Benth essential oil contains 1,6-octadien-3-ol,3,7-dimethyl (53.79%),Lavandula angustifolia subsp.angustifolia essential oil 1,6-octadien-3-ol,3,7-dimethyl (42.07%),Melissa officinalis essential oil d-limonene (26%).Antimicrobial screening of the essential oils was made by disc diffusion.The antimicrobial test results showed that the Ocimum basilicum var.album (L.) Benth, Melissa officinalis, Lavandula angustifolia subsp.angustifolia essential oils have great potential of antimicrobial activity against all three (Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 6338) Gram positive, Escherichia coli (ATCC 10536), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 15442) Gram negative bacteria), one fungi (Aspergillus niger), one yeast (Candida albicans) species tested.