Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of five taxa of Sideritis from Greece

N Aligiannis; E Kalpoutzakis; I B Chinou; S Mitakou; E Gikas; A Tsarbopoulos

doi:10.1021/jf001018w

Composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils of five taxa of Sideritis from Greece

J Agric Food Chem. 2001 Feb;49(2):811-5. doi: 10.1021/jf001018w.

Authors

N Aligiannis¹, E Kalpoutzakis, I B Chinou, S Mitakou, E Gikas, A Tsarbopoulos

Affiliation

¹ GAIA Research Center, Bioanalytical Department, The Goulandris Natural History Museum, 13 Levidou Street, Kifissia 14562, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 11262034
DOI: 10.1021/jf001018w

Abstract

The chemical compositions of the essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of five taxa of Sideritis were analyzed using various GC-MS techniques. A total of 99 different compounds was identified, and significant differences (qualitative and quantitative) were observed between the samples. The in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oils against six bacteria and three fungi is also reported.

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry
Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
Antifungal Agents / chemistry
Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
Asteraceae / chemistry*
Bacteria / drug effects*
Candida / drug effects
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry / methods
Greece
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Oils, Volatile / chemistry*
Oils, Volatile / pharmacology*
Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
Species Specificity
Yeasts / drug effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antifungal Agents
Oils, Volatile