CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, ANTIMICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF CRITHMUM MARITIMUM L.

• Main Authors: A. ÇELİK, E. N. HERKEN, A. ERMİŞ, O. KAYGUSUZ, Samire AYDEMİR
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Journal of Secondary Metabolite 2014-06-01
• Series: International Journal of Secondary Metabolite
• Subjects: Crithmum maritimum, essential oil, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant capacity
• Online Access: http://ijate.net/index.php/ijsm/article/view/8

<p>In this study, the chemical constituents, antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil of the plant species of <em>Crithmum maritimum</em> L. were evaluated. The essential oil was obtained by hydrodistillation method using a Clevenger-type apparatus. The constituents were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS). The major components of the essential oil were detected as γ<em> terpinene</em> (42.95 %), <em>β</em><em>-</em><em> </em><em>phellandrene </em>(25.03 %). Total phenolic compounds were analyzed by Folin-Ciocalteu reagent method and found as 28.48 g gallic acid equivalent/g. Antioxidant capacity of essential oil was tested by using Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity (TEAC) assay <em>in vitro</em>, and total antioxidant capacity was found as 9.18 mg TE/g. The antibiotic assay of the essential oil on twelve pathogenic bacteria including <em>Staphlococcus chromonogenes </em>ATCC 43764<em>,</em> <em>Staphlococcus xylosus </em>ATCC 29971<em>,</em> <em>Staphlococcus warneri </em>ATCC 29971<em>,</em> <em>Staphlococcus hominis </em>ATCC 27844, <em>Staphlococcus aureus </em>PSC 18, <em>Listeria monocytogenes </em>ATCC 7644<em>,</em> <em>Salmonella typhimurium </em>ATCC 74028, <em>Proteus vulgaris </em>NRRL-B 123, <em>Bacillus cereus </em>ATCC 11778, <em>Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus fecalis </em>ATCC 19433, <em>Pseudomonas aurageniosa </em>ATCC 27853 was examined with agar disc diffusion method and antimicrobial activity of the oil was evaluated to be high. </p>