Analysis of essential oil of Satureja thymbra by hydrodistillation, thermal desorber, and headspace GC/MS techniques and its antimicrobial activity.
The essential oil composition of Satureja thymbra was analyzed by direct thermal desorber and Headspace GC/MS analysis methods. Its constituents were determined to be mainly carvacrol (40.15%), gamma-terpinene (26.56%), p-cymene (16.39%), and thymol (13.16%). The other techniques, thermal desorber and Headspace GC/MS, were used for the plant leaves at three different temperature, which showed similar results. The thermal desorber GC/MS gave better and more sensitive results than Headspace GC/MS. The essential oil was found to be active against the bacteria Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella sonnei, and Staphylococcus aureus and the yeast Candida albicans.
Department of Chemistry, TUBITAK, UME, P.O. Box 54, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Ahmet C
AC
Gören
Gülaçti
G
Topçu
Gökhan
G
Bilsel
Mine
M
Bilsel
Jenny M
JM
Wilkinson
Heather
H
Cavanagh
D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry; D031362:Satureja / Q000737:chemistry*
D009822:Oils, Volatile