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Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of two Origanum species
N Aligiannis1, E Kalpoutzakis, S Mitaku
1Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, University Campus of Zografou, Athens 157 71, Greece.
Abstract:
The essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of Origanum scabrum and Origaum microphyllum, both endemic species in Greece, were analyzed by means of GC and GC-MS. Forty-eight constituents were identified, representing 98.59 and 98.66% of the oils, respectively. Carvacrol, terpinen-4-ol, linalool, sabinene, alpha-terpinene, and gamma-terpinene were found as the major components. Furthermore, both samples exhibited a very interesting antimicrobial profile after they were tested against six Gram-negative and -positive bacteria and three pathogenic fungi.
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