Planta Med 1999; 65(1): 76-78
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960444
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Chemical Analysis and Antimicrobial Activity of the Resin Ladano, of its Essential Oil and of the Isolated Compounds**

Costas Demetzos1 , Berthamarie Stahl1 , Thalia Anastassaki1 , Maria Gazouli2 , Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis2 , Michalis Rallis3
  • 1Dept. of Pharmacy, Lab. of Pharmacognosy, University of Athens, Greece
  • 2Dept. of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece
  • 3Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece
** A part of this paper was presented as a poster at the 45th Annual Congress on Medicinal Plant Research, Regensburg, Sept. 7-12, 1997.
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Abstract

Fractionation of the resin Ladano from Cistus creticus subsp. creticus and susceptibility testing using the chromatographic fractions showed that its antistaphylococcal activity was mainly due to the diterpene sclareol. The antimicrobial activity of its essential oil, of the chromatographic fractions, and of the isolated compounds was also evaluated against Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Staphylococcus hominis.