The genus Moluccella (Lamiaceae) encompasses eight species among which Moluccella aucheri (Boiss.) Scheen and M. laevis L. are available in Iran. The aim of this study is characterizing the essential oil of dried aerial parts of M. aucheri collected from the South of Iran. The essential oil was hydrodistilled and then analysed by GC-MS. Twenty-one compounds were identified in the...
Artemisia herba-alba Asso is a medicinal plant used widely in Algerian folk medicine for the treatment of several diseases. The present work is aimed to elucidate the chemical composition of essential oil (EO) of Artemisia herba-alba. The in vitro antibacterial activity against 11 bacterial strains, and the in vivo acute toxicity and anti-inflammatory activity were evaluated. In...
In this present study, it was aimed to determine the composition of the essential oil obtained by water distillation from the aerial parts of Origanum acutidens. The oil was analysed by GC-FID and GC/MS. Carvacrol (69.3%), p-cymene (8.3%), y-terpinene (6.3%), β-caryophyllene (2.7%) and borneol (2.2%) were found as main constituents. In addition, headspace-solid phase...
The genus Artedia L. (Apiaceae) is represented in Turkey by 485 species and altogether 511 taxa. The rate of species endemism in Turkey is 37.7%. The plant material was collected from the province of Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. The essential oils from fruits and aerial parts were obtained by hydrodistillation using a Clevenger type apparatus. Chemical compositions of the oils were...
TThis study was designed to examine the chemical compositions of essential oils from Dysoxylum cauliflorum Hiern (Meliaceae). The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully characterized by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Analysis of the essential oil resulted in the identification of 24 components, accounting for 90.4...
Marrubium cuneatum Banks & Sol. is a perennial plant belonging to the Iran-Turan phytogeographical region, which is distributed in a limited region in the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Turkey, Iraq and Iran). The chemical composition of the essential oil of Marrubium cuneatum Banks & Sol. (Lamiaceae) from Turkey was characterized. Hydro-distilled essential oil was...
The genus Goniothalamus is belonging to the Annonaceae family, consists of ca. 2500 species and found in tropical Southeast Asia. The Goniothalamus essential oils were recognized to possess considerable biological activities with varied chemical composition. This article aims to overview the medicinal uses, chemical compositions, and biological activities of Malaysian...
The current study reports the essential oil compositions of the aerial parts of Chaerophyllum crinitum Boiss. and Chaerophyllum macrospermum (Willd. ex Spreng.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey. ex Hohen. collected from Bitlis and Hakkari in Turkey, respectively. The essential oils, which were obtained with water distillation were analyzed by GC and GC-MS, simultaneously. The essential oil of C...
The aim of the study was (1) to compare the antimicrobial activity of essential oils (EOs) obtained from leaves and inflorescences of Monarda media, Monarda didyma and Monarda citriodora found in different phenological stages of development, (2) to examine the inhibition of microbial growth by Monarda EOs in O/W emulsions. Thymol, p-cymene and carvacrol were the main constituents...
The analysed essential oil in this study was obtained by hydrodistillation from the aerial parts of Santolina rosmarinifolia L. (Asteraceae) collected from Hodna area of Algeria. This species is a medicinal herb traditionally used in Algeria. Its essential oil has been analyzed by combining GC-FID and GC-MS. The analysis led to the identification of eighty-two components...
The fruits, aerial parts and roots of Neomuretia pisidica (Kit Tan) Kljuykov, Degtjareva & Zakharova were extracted with n-hexane. Total of 18 compounds were characterised by GC analyses of the n-hexane extracts. Main volatile components of the n-hexane extract of aerial parts were characterized as 1,8-cineole (23.4 %), camphor (21.4 %), 2-ethyl hexanol (14.6 %), α-pinene (7.2...
The essential oil composition from the leaves of Strychnos axillaris Colebr. (Loganiaceae) growing in Malaysia was examined for the first time. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully characterized by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In total, 15 components were identified in the essential oil, which made up 87.2...
DDysphania ambrosioides (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants is a fragrant herb widely distributed from warm temperate regions to subtropical and tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The essential oil from D. ambrosioides is the main ingredient used in traditional medicine due to its anti-malarial, anti-cancer, and anti-helminthic properties, among others. The chemical composition of...
Hydrodistillation was used to obtain the essential oil from pomelo (Citrus grandis L.) peels collected in Vietnam. The effects of extraction variables including size of material, temperature, extraction time, and water-to-material ratio on the yield of essential oil were investigated. In addition, to assess the quality of pomelo essential oil, the chemical composition was...
In the present research, the essential oil from Piper lineatum Ruiz & Pav. was analysed by GC/MS and GC/FID, respectively. A total of thirty-seven chemical compounds were identified, which represented 98.9% of the essential oil composition. The main compounds were apiole (21.5%), safrole (19.2%), and myristicin (13.8%), respectively. The in vitro antimicrobial activity and...
The chemical composition and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity of the essential oil from the leaf of Cyathocalyx pruniferus growing in Pahang, Malaysia was investigated for the first time. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully characterized by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of thirty chemical...
This study was designed to investigate the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of the essential oil from Reinwardtiodendron cinereum (Hiern) Mabb. growing in Malaysia. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully analysed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The analysis led to the identification of thirty-five...
The genus Achillea L. (Asteraceae), which is commonly known as “yarrow”, is mainly distributed in the Northern hemisphere. Turkey is one of the most important centers of diversity for the genus in the world. Many species of the genus Achillea have been known since the times of Dioscorides and used in the folk medicine to treat various illness and disorders in our country. In this...
The aim of the present study was to characterize the essential oil composition of Thymus integer Griseb. (Lamiaceae), an endemic species in Cyprus. Microdistilled essential oil was analysed simultaneously both by Gas Chromatography-Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID), and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). Overall, 49 components were determined and the major components...
Chemodiversity of wild populations of aromatic plants is a valuable source of essential oils, whose composition may be suitable for specific purposes according their biological activity. Furthermore, knowing the intrapopulational variability based on individual analysis has allowed characterizing atypical profiles, which can reach high levels of active compounds. Obviously, it...
The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the chemical composition of essential oils obtained by Clevenger-type apparatus from capitula (TCC) and aerial parts including leaves and stems (TCA) of Tanacetum cilicicum (Boiss.) Grierson from Turkey. TCC and TCA essential oils were separately analysed by GC-FID and GC/MS. Forty and thirty-two compounds were identified...
The chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Diospyros wallichii (Ebenaceae) growing in Malaysia was investigated for the first time. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation and fully characterized by gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A total of 34 components (95.8%) were successfully identified in the...
Eradication of Propionibacterium acnes and associated skin pathogenic species such as Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis involve anti-oxidant as well as anti-inflammatory effects besides antimicrobial action. For this purpose, Pharmacopoeia Grade (PhEur) Eucalyptus globulus essential oil was evaluated against the human pathogenic species such as P. acnes ATCC 6919, P. acnes...
The genus Vitex which includes approximately 270 species, and is an important genus of the Lamiaceae family due to its production of secondary compounds. The plants are generally used in preventing women's complaints such as aging, menstrual, menopausal, breast disease, and infertility. The objective of this study was to carry out a review of essential oils of the genus Vitex and...
The present study describes the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil of Pulicaria incisa (Lam.), obtained from the aerial part harvested from Oulad Embarek (Beni Mellal-Khenifra region located in the center in Morocco). The P. incisa essential oil presents IC50 using DPPH of 105.99 ± 4.25 μg/mL and an EC50 using FRAP of 87.21 ± 3.1 μg/mL. The...