Natural Product Research 2010-07-01

Chemical composition, allelopatic and antimicrobial potentials of the essential oil of Zosima absinthifolia (Vent.) Link fruits from Iran.

Seyed Mehdi Razavi, Samad Nejad-Ebrahimi

Index: Nat. Prod. Res. 24(12) , 1125-30, (2010)

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Abstract

The chemical composition of essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the dried fruits of Zosima absinthifolia was analysed by GC-MS. Twenty-four compounds were characterised in the oil. The major components of the oil were octyl acetate (87.48%), octyl octanoate (5.03%) and 1-octanol (2.37%). The oil showed modest to weak allelopatic effects and high antibacterial effects against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus and further modest to strong effects on different bacteria and fungi.