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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 138-140 |
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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Pimpinella affinis Ledeb. essential oil growing in Iran
Verdian-rizi Mohammadreza
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Verdian-rizi Mohammadreza
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
DOI: 10.4103/0973-8258.42728
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The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from the fruits of Pimpinella affinis Ledeb. (Apiaceae) was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS) techniques. Twenty - four components were identified in the essential oil of P. affinis Ledeb., whose major constituents were geijerene (17.68%), limonene (12.86%), pregeijerene (9.92%), germacrene D (8.54%) and trans- β-ocimene (4.94%). The essential oil was evaluated for antibacterial and antifungal activities. The oil showed antimicrobial activity against all the tested microorganisms, excepted Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Maximum activity was observed against fungal microorganisms. |
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