Chemical Composition, Radical Scavenging and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oils of Thymus boveii and Thymus hyemalis

TEPE B., Sarikurkcu C., BERK Ş., Alim A., AKPULAT H. A.

RECORDS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS, cilt.5, sa.3, ss.208-220, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: RECORDS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.208-220
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Thymus boveii, Thymus hyemalis, antioxidant activity, GC-MS, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY, PLANT-EXTRACTS, VULGARIS, CARVACROL, ANTIBACTERIAL, EUGENOL, LANGE, YIELD, ZYGIS, PARTS
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study was designed to examine the in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of T. boveii and T. hyemalis. According to the results of GC-EIMS analysis, essential oils were found rich in phenols and hydrocarbons. p-cymene, thymol and carvacrol were mainly found as the major compounds for the essential oils. Both plant species showed remarkable antioxidant activity in all test systems except chelating effect. In the case of antimicrobial activity, the oils showed remarkable growth inhibition against the tested microorganism except K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, L. monocytogenes, P. fluorescens.