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.
Gören
Ahmet C
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Department of Chemistry, TUBITAK, UME, P.O. Box 54, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Topçu
Gülaçti
G
Bilsel
Gökhan
G
Bilsel
Mine
M
Wilkinson
Jenny M
JM
Cavanagh
Heather
H
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