GC-MS Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Cultivated Satureja cuneifolia Ten. Essential Oil

Authors

YÜKSEL KAN
UÇKUN SAİT UÇAN
MURAT KARTAL
M. LEVENT ALTUN
SİNEM ASLAN
ESİN SAYAR
TİMURHAN CEYHAN

Abstract

The composition of the essential oil of Satureja cuneifolia Ten. cultivated in Konya, Turkey, was investigated by capillary GC-MS. The compounds were characterized by comparison with library searches. Six main compounds were identified. Carvacrol was the dominant component, comprising 59.28% of the essential oil. The oil also contained 15.72% thymol, 9.69% p-cymene, 4.16% \gamma -terpinene, 1.70% linalool and 1.25% borneol. The antibacterial activity of the essential oil of S. cuneifolia and its components was determined by a semiquantative disc-diffusion method, and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined based on a micro-well dilution method against strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus cereus, Sarcina lutea, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus}.

DOI

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Keywords

Satureja cuneifolia, Lamiaceae, GC, Essential oil, Antibacterial activity

First Page

253

Last Page

259

Recommended Citation

KAN, Y, UÇAN, U. S, KARTAL, M, ALTUN, M. L, ASLAN, S, SAYAR, E, & CEYHAN, T (2006). GC-MS Analysis and Antibacterial Activity of Cultivated Satureja cuneifolia Ten. Essential Oil. Turkish Journal of Chemistry 30 (2): 253-259. https://doi.org/-