%0 Journal Article
%T Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Algerian Phlomis bovei De No¨¦ subsp. bovei
%A Christos Liolios
%A Hocine Laouer
%A Nacira Boulaacheb
%A Olga Gortzi
%A Ioanna Chinou
%J Molecules
%D 2007
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/12040772
%X The chemical composition of essential oil obtained by steam distillation of dried aerial parts of Phlomis bovei De No¨¦ subsp. bovei collected from Algeria, was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Seventy five constituents (corresponding to 86.37% of the total weight) were identified. The main components were: germacrene D, ¦Â-caryophyllene, ¦Â-bournonene, thymol and hexahydrofarnesyl acetone. Furthermore, the antimicrobial activity of the oil was evaluated against six Gram (+/-) bacteria and three pathogenic fungi, using the agar dilution technique. It was found that the oil exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against most of the tested microorganisms.
%K Phlomis bovei De Noe
%K chemical composition
%K essential oil
%K antimicrobial activity
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/12/4/772