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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38487
Composition and Antibacterial Activity of the Essential Oil of Satureja parnassica subsp. parnassica
Publication History
Received: July 29, 2002
Accepted: November 23, 2002
Publication Date:
04 April 2003 (online)

Abstract
The essential oils of Satureja parnassica subsp. parnassica (samples A and B), were analyzed by means of GC/MS. From the fifty-seven identified constituents representing 98.5 % and 99.35 % of the oils respectively, (E)-caryophyllene, carvacrol and caryophyllene oxide were the major components of sample A (flowering stage), whereas in sample B (vegetative stage) major components were spathulenol, p-cymene and linalool. The oils were tested against Helicobacter pylori (HP), as well as against six aerobically growing bacteria. Both samples showed a moderate activity against Gram-positive bacteria; sample A oil showed greater anti-HP activity than sample B.
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Assist. Prof. Dr. Olga Tzakou
University of Athens, School of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products
Panepistimiopolis
Zografou
15771 Athens
Greece
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