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Planta Med 1997; 63(5): 477-479
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957742
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Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus

C. Demetzos1 , H. Katerinopoulos2 , A. Kouvarakis2 , N. Stratigakis2 , A. Loukis1 , C. Ekonomakis3 , V. Spiliotis4 , J. Tsaknis4
  • 1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, Department of Pharmacy, University Campus, Zografou, GR-157 71 Athens, Greece
  • 2Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, GR-71409 Iraklion, Greece
  • 3Subtropical Plants and Olive trees Institute, GR-73100 Chania, Greece
  • 4Department of Food Technology, TEI of Athens Saint Spiridonos str., GR-122-10 Egaleo, Greece
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Abstract

The chemical composition of the essential oil of the leaves of Cistus creticus subsp. eriocephalus (Viv.) Greuter & Burdet, (Cistaceae), was investigated by GC/MS. Thirty-nine components were identified, representing 73.9% (based on % total peak area by GC) of the oil composition. The main components of the oil were α-cadinene (6.5%), δ-cadinene (5.6%), viridiflorol (5.4%), bulnesol (6.3%), ledol (3.8%), α-copaene (3.8%), β-selinene (3.4%), cubenene (3.3%), manoyl oxide (9.9%) and 13-epi-manoyl oxide (3.4%). Antibacterial studies were carried out in vitro against Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.