THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM HETEROPYXIS-NATALENSIS HARV - ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES AND PHYTOCONSTITUENTS

Authors
GUNDIDZA M DEANS SG KENNEDY AI MAVI S WATERMAN PG GRAY AI
Citation
M. Gundidza et al., THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM HETEROPYXIS-NATALENSIS HARV - ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES AND PHYTOCONSTITUENTS, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 63(3), 1993, pp. 361-364
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture → ACNP
ISSN journal
00225142
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
361 - 364
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-5142(1993)63:3<361:TEOFHH>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The essential oil obtained from Heteropyxis natalensis by steam distil lation was tested for antimicrobial properties. Twenty five bacterial and four fungal species were used as test organisms in this study. The se included animal and plant pathogens, food poisoning bacteria and my cotoxigenic fungal strains. The essential oil exhibited considerable i nhibitory activities against all the test organisms. GC-MS analysis in dicated the essential oil contained 1,8-cineole, limonene, beta-myrcen e, alpha-phellandrene and alpha-pinene.