CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT BASIL OILS
AbstractThe aerial parts essential oils of Ocimum basilicum (Lamiaceae) from Togo were steam-distilled and investigated for their percentage composition (GC and GC/MS) and in vitro antimicrobial activities. Five oil chemotypes were identified and classified as follows in line with their principal components: estragole type; linalool/estragole type; methyleugenol type; methyleugenol/t-anethole type; tanethole type. The in vitro microbiological experiments revealed that only the methyleugenol and methyleugenol/t-anethole chemotypes were active against tested fungi and bacteria. Their minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranged from 80-150 μL/L and from 200-500 μL/L respectively. Likewise, on tested bacteria the MIC varied from 200-400 μL/L and from 250-500 μL/L respectively. These findings are supportive of the potential of both basil oil chemotypes for use as active ingredients in natural antibiotic drugs.
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1210-1216
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English
IJPSR
H.C. Srivastava, Pankaj Shukla, Ajay Singh Maurya and Sonia Tripathi*
Department of Chemistry, Research lab, D.B.S. College (R.L.D.B.S.C.), Kanpur- 208 006, Uttar Pradesh, India
sonia.tripathi2009@gmail.com
18 November, 2012
11 January, 2013
25 February, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.4(3).1210-16
01 March, 2013
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