In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Screening of Ethanol Extract of Lavandula stoechas and Investigation of Its Biochemical Composition

Kerem Canlı; Ali Yetgin; Atakan Benek; Mustafa Eray Bozyel; Ergin Murat Altuner

doi:10.1155/2019/3201458

In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity Screening of Ethanol Extract of Lavandula stoechas and Investigation of Its Biochemical Composition

Adv Pharmacol Sci. 2019 Jan 10:2019:3201458. doi: 10.1155/2019/3201458. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Kerem Canlı¹, Ali Yetgin², Atakan Benek³, Mustafa Eray Bozyel⁴, Ergin Murat Altuner⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
² Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Engineering and Science, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey.
³ Department of Biology Education, Buca Faculty of Education, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, Turkey.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to test antimicrobial activity of ethanol extract of Lavandula stoechas against 22 bacteria and 1 yeast. Also, biochemical composition of the extract was investigated. A wide range of Gram-positive, Gram-negative microorganisms, and multidrug resistant bacteria were selected to test the antimicrobial activity. As a result, the extract is observed to contain fenchone (bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, 1,3,3-trimethyl-, (1R)-) and camphor (+)-2-bornanone) as major components and showed antimicrobial activity against all studied microorganisms except Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The results of the study present that L. stoechas is active against MDR strains too.