Antimicrobial Activity and Composition of the Essential Oil of Cymbopogon Olivieri (Boiss.) Bor from Iran

Ali Sonboli; Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili; Morteza Yousefzadi

doi:10.22037/ijpr.2010.655

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https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.655

Antimicrobial Activity and Composition of the Essential Oil of Cymbopogon Olivieri (Boiss.) Bor from Iran

Author(s):

Ali Sonboli^1,*,

Mohammad Hossein Mirjalili²,

Morteza Yousefzadi³

1Department of Biology, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2Department of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3Department of Ecology & Systematic, Research Institute of Applied Sciences, Tehran, Iran

IJ Pharmaceutical Research:Vol. 5, issue 1; 65-68

Published online:Nov 20, 2010

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jan 21, 2005

Accepted:Feb 21, 2006

How to Cite:Ali SonboliMohammad Hossein MirjaliliMorteza YousefzadiAntimicrobial Activity and Composition of the Essential Oil of Cymbopogon Olivieri (Boiss.) Bor from Iran.Iran J Pharm Res.5(1):e128265.https://doi.org/10.22037/ijpr.2010.655.

Abstract

The in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oil isolated from the aerial parts of Cymbopogon Olivieri (Boiss.) Bor, an aromatic grass of Iran was tested against three Gram-negative and four Gram-positive bacteria and also three fungi. The results of the bioassays showed that the oil has a remarkable antimicrobial activity. Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans were more sensitive to the oil than other microorganisms with inhibition zones of 20 mm and MIC values of 3.75 mg/ml and 2.5 mg/ml, respectively. The Gram-negative bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was resistant and Klebsiella pneumoniae showed less sensitivity to the oil with MIC value of >15 mg/ml. GC-MS analysis of the oil confirmed the determination of 40 compounds representing 95.0% of the oil. The main identified constituent was piperitone (48.9%).

Keywords

Cymbopogon Olivieri

Poaceae

essential oil

Antimicrobial activity

Iran

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