Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of Volatile Components of Minuartia meyeri

Authors

NURETTİN YAYLI
CANAN GÜLEÇ
OSMAN ÜÇÜNCÜ
AHMET YAŞAR
SERDAR ÜLKER
KAMİL COŞKUNÇELEBİ
SALİH TERZİOĞLU

DOI

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Abstract

The essential oil of air-dried Minuartia meyeri (Boiss.) Bornm. (Caryophyllaceae) was obtained by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus and analyzed by GC-MS. Fifty-two components were identified in the oil. The main components in the essential oil of M. meyeri were nonacosane (6.2%), 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone (5.1%), nonanal (4.6%), and beta-caryophyllene (2.9%). The antimicrobial activity of the isolated essential oil of the plant was also investigated and it showed moderate antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, but no antifungal activity was observed against 2 yeast-like fungi.

Keywords

Minuartia meyeri, Caryophyllaceae, Essential oil, Antimicrobial activity, GC-MS

First Page

71

Last Page

76

Recommended Citation

YAYLI, NURETTİN; GÜLEÇ, CANAN; ÜÇÜNCÜ, OSMAN; YAŞAR, AHMET; ÜLKER, SERDAR; COŞKUNÇELEBİ, KAMİL; and TERZİOĞLU, SALİH (2006) "Composition and Antimicrobial Activities of Volatile Components of Minuartia meyeri," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 30: No. 1, Article 8. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol30/iss1/8