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Fraternale D, Genovese S, Ricci D. Essential Oil Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Aerial Parts and Ripe Fruits of Echinophora spinosa (Apiaceae) from Italy. Nat Prod Commun 2013. [DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1300800431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils obtained from the flowering aerial parts and ripe fruits of Echinophora spinosa L. (Apiaceae) from central Italy were analyzed by GC/MS. The major constituents of the oil from the aerial parts were β-phellandrene (34.7%), myristicin (16.5%), δ3-carene (12.6%), α-pinene (6.7%) and α-phellandrene (6.2%), and of the oil from the ripe fruits p-cymene (50.2%), myristicin (15.3%), α-pinene (15.1%) and α-phellandrene (8.1%). The two oils showed good antimicrobial activity against Clostridium difficile, C perfringens, Enterococcus faecalis, Eubacterium limosum, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius and Candida albicans with MIC values respectively of 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 2.25, and 0.50%, v/v, and 0.13, 0.13, 0.13, 0.13, 2.25, 0.50%, v/v, for aerial parts and ripe fruits respectively. A less significant antimicrobial activity against bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, very important in the intestinal microflora, was also detected, with MIC values higher than 4.0%, v/v.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniele Fraternale
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Via Bramante 28-61029 Urbino (PU) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Università di Chieti “G. D'Annunzio, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013 Chieti Scalo (CH), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari, Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Via Bramante 28-61029 Urbino (PU) Italy
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