In vitro antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antispasmodic activities and the composition of the essential oil of origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietswaart

Goze I., Alim A., Cetinus S. A., Çetin A., Durmus N., ATAŞ A., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of Medicinal Food, cilt.13, sa.3, ss.705-709, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1089/jmf.2009.0094
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Medicinal Food
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.705-709
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, antispasmodic activity, essential oil, Origanum acutidens
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The radical scavenging, antimicrobial, and antispasmodic activities and the composition of Origanum acutidens (Hand.-Mazz.) Ietswaart (Order Labiatte) essential oil were evaluated in vitro. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis of the oil resulted in the identification of 20 compounds, representing 93.61% of the oil; carvacrol (65%) was the main component. The sample was also subjected to a screening for antioxidant activity by using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and β-carotene/linoleic acid assays. The essential oil exhibited strong antioxidant activity. Using the agar disk diffusion method, antimicrobial activities of the essential oils were determined for nine microorganisms; antimicrobial activity was shown against eight of them. O. acutidens oil exhibited spontaneous contractions in rat ileum at the 100% level at 0.1 mg/mL level. © 2010, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition.