%0 Journal Article %T Antimalarial, Anticancer, Antimicrobial Activities and Chemical Constituents of Essential Oil from the Aerial Parts of Cyperus kyllingia Endl. %A Sorachai Khamsan %A Boonsom Liawruangrath %A Saisunee Liawruangrath %A Aphiwat Teerawutkulrag %J Records of Natural Products %D 2011 %I ACG Publications %X The chemical constituents of the essential oil from Cyperus kyllingia Endl. were analyzed by a GC, GC-MS. Twenty-three compounds were identified, accounting for 93.75% of the total oil that consisted mainly of oxygenated sesquiterpenes (53.52%), particularly sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (38.97%), and carboxylic acid (1.26%). The most representative compounds were a -cadinol (19.32 %), caryophyllene oxide (12.17%), a -muurolol (11.58 %), a -humulene (9.85%), and a -atlantone (6.07%). The oil showed significant activities against Plasmodium falcipalum (K1, multi drug resistant strain) and NCI-H187 (Small Cell Lung Cancer) with the IC 50 values of 7.52 and 7.72 ¦Ìg/mL, respectively. The oilexhibited highly active against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923 and moderately active against Escherichia coli ATCC25922, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC27553, Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans. %K Cyperus kyllingia Endl. %K essential oil %K antimalarial activity %K anticancer activity %K antimicrobial activity %U http://www.acgpubs.org/RNP/2011/Volume%205/Issue%201/43-RNP-1008-299.pdf