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Planta Med 1993; 59(1): 68-70
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959607
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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of Jasonia candicans and J. montana

F. -J. Hammerschmidt1 , Alice M. Clark2 , Fathy M. Soliman3 , El-Sayeda A. El-Kashoury3 , Mostafa M. Abd El-Kawy3 , Ahlam M. El-Fishawy3
  • 1Research Laboratories, Dragoco, D-3450 Holzminden, Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2Department of Pharmacognosy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, U.S.A.
  • 3Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Kasr-El-Ainy, Cairo 11562, Egypt
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1992

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04 January 2007 (online)

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Abstract

The essential oils of the aerial parts of Jasonia candicans and J. montana were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique. Of twenty-one components identified in the volatile oil of J. candicans, intermediol was the main constituent. Fifty-eight components were characterized in the essential oil of J. montana. Camphor, borneol, bornyl acetate, chrysanthemol, intermediol, and 1,8-cineole were the major constituents in this oil. The two oils showed antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis. They also showed a marked antifungal activity against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans.

Key words

Jasonia candicans - Jasonia montana - Compositae - essential oils - chemical composition - antimicrobial activity - intermediol