Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of Acinos arvensis (Lam.) Dandy from Serbia

Abstract

Experimental Plant materialThe plant material was collected in Rtanj, Serbia, at the blooming stage (July 2000). A voucher specimen is deposited in Herbarium Moesicum Doljevac (HMD; no. 367). Dried and pulverized aerial parts of the plant (100 g) were hydrodistilled for 2.5 h using a Clevengertype apparatus. 14-16 Identification procedureThe oil analysis was performed using GC and GC/ MS. Constituents of the oil were identified by comparison of their mass spectra to those from the MS library (Wiley 275.l) using a computer search and literature. 17 For the purpose of quantitative analysis the area percentage obtained by FID was used as the basis. The GC analysis of the oils was carried out on a GC HP-5890 II apparatus, equipped with the split-splitless injector, attached to an HP-5 column (25 m × 0.32 mm; 0.52 µm film thickness) and fitted to FID. The carrier gas flow rate (H 2 ) was 1 ml/min, the split ratio 1:30, the injector temperature 250°C and the detector temperature 300°C, while the column temperature was linearly programmed from 40 to 240°C at the rate of 4°C/min. The same analytical conditions were employed for GC/MS analysis, where an HP G 1800C Series II GCD system was used. The transfer line was heated to 260°C. The mass spectra were acquired in EI mode (70 eV), in m/e range 40-400 (column HP-5MS 30 m × 0.25 mm, 0.25 µm film thickness).

Essential Oil Composition of Four Achillea Species from the Balkans and Its Chemotaxonomic Significance

“…The sum of the quantities of these two compounds was 40.62%, comparable to the previously published results for the species growing spontaneously in the same environmental background in which this sum was 55.00% [15]. The overall conclusion appears to be that the production of (iso)camphane type monoterpenoids (camphene, camphor, borneol) was under genetic control while the overproduction of 1,8-cineole probably arose by virtue of various simultaneous influences from the surroundings.…”

“…The high content of camphane type compounds was previously described [15,17,18]. The high camphor level in A. clavennae was probably due to the efficient oxidation of borneol whose concentration was expectedly low [19].…”

“…The most prominent component of the essential oil was 1,8-cineole (47.42%). The occurrence of 1,8-cineole in the essential oil of A. holosericea has never before been accounted for to such a high extent [1, 15,16].…”

Medicinal plants of the family Lamiaceae as functional foods - a review

“…(Nayak et al 2013), Marrubium vulgare L. (Boudjelal et al 2011), Salvia hispanica L. (Munoz et al 2013) have proven to be effective, while Salvia elegans Vahl. (Jimenez et al 1988), thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns & Link (Yvon et al 2012), Salvia hispanica L. (Mihailovic-Stanojevic et al 2013), and thymus serpyllum L. (Jovanovic et al 2005) can be used for hypertension.…”

Chemical composition and antibacterial properties of the essential oils and crude extracts of Merremia borneensis

“…Most of the scientific and academic papers dealing with this subject refer these effects to the content of potassium, inositol and lipophilic flavones in M. borneensis leaves (Schut and Zwaving, 1993;Schneider and Tan, 1973). In addition to the above-mentioned components, saponins, sterols, polyphenols, rosmarinic acid and ursolic acid and essential oil have been also detected (Stecher, 1976;Tezuka et al, 2000;Hossain et al, 2006;Guillen and Manzanos, 1998;Haznedaroglu et al, 2001;Jovanovic et al, 2005). The leaves are suitable to be used as wrapper to the famous fermented rice or fermented tapioca known in Malaysia as 'Tapai'.…”