Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Fractions from Leaves and Flowers of the Wild Iraqi Kurdish Plant Prangos peucedanifoliaFenzl. Issue 2 (18th February 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brusotti, Gloria; Ibrahim, Mohammed Farhad; Dentamaro, Alessandra; Gilardoni, Gianluca; Tosi, Solveig; Grisoli, Pietro; Dacarro, Cesare; Guglielminetti, Maria Lidia; Hussain, Faiq Hama Saeed; Caccialanza, Gabriele; Vidari, Giovanni
• Is Part Of: Chemistry & biodiversity. Volume 10:Issue 2(2013:Feb.)
• Page Start: 274
• Page End: 280
• Publication Date: 2013-02-18
• Subjects: Biochemistry -- Periodicals; Molecular biology -- Periodicals; Biodiversity -- Periodicals; 572
• DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200202
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1612-1872

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The volatile fractions isolated from <italic>Prangos peucedanifolia</italic><sc>Fenzl</sc> leaves and flowers were investigated for their phytochemical composition and biological properties. Flower and leaf hydrodistillation afforded 3.14 and 0.49 g of yellowish oils in 1.25 and 0.41% yields, respectively, from dry vegetable materials. According to the GC‐FID and GC/MS analyses, 36 (99.35% of the total oil composition) and 26 compounds (89.12%) were identified in the two oils, respectively. The major constituents in the flower volatile fraction were <italic>β</italic>‐pinene (35.58%), <italic>α</italic>‐pinene (22.13%), and <italic>β</italic>‐phellandrene (12.54%), while <italic>m</italic>‐cresol (50.38%) was the main constituent of the leaf volatile fraction. The antimicrobial activity was evaluated against several bacterial and fungal strains, on the basis of the minimum inhibitory concentration (<italic>MIC</italic>) by the micro‐ and macrodilution methods. The two volatile fractions showed moderate antifungal and antibacterial activities, especially against <italic>Trichophyton rubrum</italic> (<italic>MIC</italic> of 2×10³ μg/ml), <italic>Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pyogenes</italic>, and <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic> (<italic>MIC</italic>≤1.9×10³ μg/ml for all).</p> </abstract>