Articles
PRELIMINARLY STUDY OF COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF GLECHOMA SARDOA BéG.
Article number
597_16
Pages
125 – 128
Language
English
Abstract
Glechoma sardoa Bég. (Labiatae), is an endemic plant growing wild only in Sardinia and Corsica: it is a perennial, green-grey, hairy herb, with a prostrate, creeping stem, radicating at the base, 1-3 dm long.
The essential oil of G. sardoa shows an interesting and particular chemical composition and microbiological tests show that the essential oil has a fair activity against Gram + bacteria as Staphylococcus aureus (MIC 0.5 mg/mL) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (MIC 1mg/mL) while no activity has been observed (MIC 2mg/mL) against Candida albicans and the other Gram bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosus) tested.
The essential oil of G. sardoa shows an interesting and particular chemical composition and microbiological tests show that the essential oil has a fair activity against Gram + bacteria as Staphylococcus aureus (MIC 0.5 mg/mL) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (MIC 1mg/mL) while no activity has been observed (MIC 2mg/mL) against Candida albicans and the other Gram bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosus) tested.
Authors
M. Usai, C. Juliano, G. Pintore, M. Chessa
Keywords
Glechoma sardoa Bég., essential oil, composition, antimicrobial activity, elemol, endemic plant.
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