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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Volatile constituents of Calamintha origanifolia boiss. Growing wild in Lebanon
Franco PiozziFrancesco NapolitanoDaniela RiganoFelice SenatoreCarmen FormisanoNelly Apostolides ArnoldSergio Rossellisubject
Pharmacology010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistryComplementary and alternative medicine010405 organic chemistryDrug DiscoveryBotanyPlant ScienceGeneral MedicineBiologybiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesCalamintha0104 chemical sciencesdescription
The essential oil of aerial parts of Calamintha origanifolia Boiss. (Lamiaceae), growing wild in Lebanon, was obtained by hydrodistillation and was analysed by GC and GC-MS. 49 compounds, representing 92.2% of the oil, were identified. The major components, belonging to the class of oxygenated monoterpenes, were pulegone (22.5%), isomenthone (12.2%) and piperitenone (9.6%). The oil showed a slight antimicrobial activity against three bacterial strains.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-12-01 |