Zhong yao cai = Zhongyaocai = Journal of Chinese medicinal materials 1999-03-01

[GC-MS analysis and inhibitory activity of the essential oil extracted from the leaves of Lindera communis].

D Yang, F Wang, J Peng, S Ren

Index: Zhong Yao Cai 22(3) , 128-31, (1999)

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Abstract

The essential oil isolated from the dried leaves of Lindera communis was analyzed by means of gas chromatography-mass(GC-MS) technique, the structures of 23 chemical components were identified from it in total, among these, (-)-spathulenol(relative content 22.50%), endo-1,3,3-trimethyl-2-norbornanol, acetate (10.06%), caryophyllene oxide (6.74%) and germacrene B(6.71%) were the main constituents. And also the oil in vitro exhibited manifest antifungal and antibacterial activities against 4 fungi pathogen species and 4 bacterial species with MIC between 0.08-0.8 ml/l.