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Chemical composition and biological activity of Salvia verbenaca essential oil

Sergio RosselliVenera CardileFelice SenatoreDaniela RiganoMarisa CanzoneriCarmen FormisanoAlessandra RussoMaurizio Bruno

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Gram-positive bacteriaCarboxylic AcidsDecoctionMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPlant ScienceSalviaGram-Positive BacteriaGas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometrylaw.inventionfoodlaw(Z)-9-octadecenoic acidGram-Negative BacteriaDrug DiscoveryPlant OilsVolatile componeSettore BIO/15 - Biologia FarmaceuticaSalviaFood scienceSicilyChemical compositionEssential oilPharmacologyβ-phellandrene (Z)-9-octadecenoic acid Antibacterial activity Benzaldehyde Hexadecanoic acid Lamiaceae Salvia verbenaca Volatile componeLamiaceaeSalvia verbenacabiologyChemistryFatty AcidsVolatile componentsSettore CHIM/06 - Chimica OrganicaGeneral MedicineBenzaldehydePlant Components Aerialbiology.organism_classificationfood.foodAnti-Bacterial AgentsComplementary and alternative medicineβ-phellandreneSalvia verbenacaAntibacterial activityGas chromatography–mass spectrometryHexadecanoic acidBacteria

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Salvia verbenaca L. (syn. S. minore) is a perennial herb known in the traditional medicine of Sicily as “spaccapetri” and is used to resolve cases of kidney stones, chewing the fresh leaves or in decoction. The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained from aerial parts of S. verbenaca collected in Piano Battaglia (Sicily) on July 2009, was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. The oil was strongly characterized by fatty acids (39.5%) and carbonylic compounds (21.2%), with hexadecanoic acid (23.1%), ( Z)-9-octadecenoic acid (11.1%) and benzaldehyde (7.3%) as the main constituents. The in vitro activity of the essential oil against some microorganisms in comparison with chloramphenicol by the broth dilution method was determined. The oil exhibited a good activity as inhibitor of growth of Gram + bacteria.

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2011-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/93470