Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Salvia x jamensis essential oil.
This is the first report about the composition of the essential oil of Salvia x jamensis. The major compounds identified by GC-MS were beta-caryophyllene (14.8 %), beta-pinene (6.8 %), caryophyllene oxide (6.0 %), delta-cadinene (5.5 %), alpha-pinene (5.2 %) and spatulenol (5.2 %). The oil showed antimicrobial activity against three Gram (+) bacteria: Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, and S. epidermidis, and three Candida strains: C. albicans, C. glabrata and C. tropicalis, while it was inactive against three Gram (-) bacteria: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae.
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, della Vitae dell'Ambiente, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Via Bramante 28 - 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy.
Daniele
D
Fraternale
Guido
G
Flamini
Angela
A
Bisio
Maria Cristina
MC
Albertini
Donata
D
Ricci
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D027544:Salvia / Q000737:chemistry*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D009822:Oils, Volatile