ESSENTIAL OILS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF HELICHRYSUM OF GREEK ORIGIN .2. CHEMICAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL STUDIES OF 2 HELICHRYSUM SPECIES OFGREEK ORIGIN

Authors
CHINOU IB ROUSSIS V PERDETZOGLOU D TZAKOU O LOUKIS A
Citation
Ib. Chinou et al., ESSENTIAL OILS AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF HELICHRYSUM OF GREEK ORIGIN .2. CHEMICAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL STUDIES OF 2 HELICHRYSUM SPECIES OFGREEK ORIGIN, Planta medica, 63(2), 1997, pp. 181-183
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences","Chemistry Medicinal
Journal title
Planta medica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320943
Volume
63
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
181 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0943(1997)63:2<181:EOAAAO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oils obtained from the aeria l parts of Helichrysum stoechas ssp. barrelieri and H. taenari was ana lysed by GC and GC/MS. From the thirty-nine identified constituents re presenting the 73.87 % and 87.41 % of the two oils, respectively, beta -elemene, beta-caryophylene, geraniol, and camphene were the major com ponents. Furthermore, it was found that the oils exhibited significant antibacterial activity against six Gram (+/-) bacteria.