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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 49, Issue 9, Pages 4168-4170Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf001494m
Keywords
Origanum essential oils; O. scabrum; O. microphyllum; antimicrobial activities; GC-MS; carvacrol; terpinen-4-ol; linalool; sabinene; alpha-terpinene
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The essential oils obtained from the aerial parts of Origanum scabrum and Origaum microphyllum, both endemic species in Greece, were analyzed by means of GC and GC-MS. Forty-eight constituents were identified, representing 98.59 and 98.66% of the oils, respectively. Carvacrol, terpinen-4-ol, linalool, sabinene, alpha -terpinene, and gamma -terpinene were found as the major components. Furthermore, both samples exhibited a very interesting antimicrobial profile after they were tested against six Gram-negative and -positive bacteria and three pathogenic fungi.
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