title: Antibacterial and antifungal activities of Otanthus maritimus (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link essential oil from Sicily.
abstract: The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from the flowers of Otanthus maritimus L., a perennial plant growing wild in maritime sands in the Mediterranean region, was investigated by GC and GC-MS analyses. Totally 66 were identified. The oil was dominated by the high content of monoterpene compounds, especially oxygenated monoterpenes which accounted for 73.1%. The most abundant components were yomogi alcohol (20.8%), camphor (15.8%), artemisyl acetate (15.3%) and artemisia alcohol (13.7%). The oil was tested against two Gram (+) and six Gram (-) bacterial strains, both American Type Culture Collection standard strains and clinically isolated (CI), one potentially pathogenic yeast (Candida albicans CI) and two filamentous phytopathogenic fungi (Botrytis cinerea and Rhizoctonia solani). The results show that the oil from O. maritimus exerts strong antibacterial and antifungal activities.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento delle Scienze Biologiche, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale, Università Federico II, via Foria 223, 80139 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basile
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rigano
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sorbo
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Conte
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosselli
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Senatore
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D019659:Asteraceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects; D035264:Flowers / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry*; D012802:Sicily
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile