Composition and In vitro Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oils of Two Populations of Thymus numidicus Poiret.
In: Journal of Essential Oil Research, Jg. 21 (2009-07-01), Heft 4, S. 374-377
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We investigated the chemical composition and the antibacterial activity of the essential oils of two populations of Thymus numidicus Poiret. differentiated by the color of the flowers. Forty-two compounds were identified by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), representing more than 97% of the oil. The main components of both oils were thymol (59.0%, 68.0%), γ-terpinene (8.5%, 4.2%), p-cymene (5.8%, 4.5%), carvacrol (3.7%, 4.2%) and α-pinene (5.3%, 3.5%) (purplish-white and violet varieties, respectively). The oils exhibited promising activity in the disc diffusion antibacterial assay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Composition and In vitro Antimicrobial Activities of the Essential Oils of Two Populations of Thymus numidicus Poiret.
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Laouer, Hocine ; Boulaacheb, Nacira ; Akkal, Salah ; Meierhenrich, Uwe J. ; Baldovini, Nicolas ; Prado, Soizic |
| Zeitschrift: | Journal of Essential Oil Research, Jg. 21 (2009-07-01), Heft 4, S. 374-377 |
| Veröffentlichung: | 2009 |
| Medientyp: | academicJournal |
| ISSN: | 1041-2905 (print) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10412905.2009.9700195 |
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