Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils Extracted from Wild and Planted Thuja orientalis Leaves in Korea. Issue 5 (3rd September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seo, Kyoung-Sun; Lee, Byongsoon; Yun, Kyeong Won
• Is Part Of: Journal of essential oil-bearing plants. Volume 22:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 1407
• Page End: 1415
• Publication Date: 2019-09-03
• Subjects: Essential oil -- GC/MS -- antibacterial activity -- wild and planted -- Thuja orientalis; Essences and essential oils -- Periodicals; Aromatic plants -- Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Oilseed plants -- Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Aromatic plants -- Periodicals; Oilseed plants -- Periodicals; 661.80605
• DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2019.1689177
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0972-060X

Abstract

Abstract: Thuja orientalis is widespread in limestone zone of Korea. It is an aromatic and medicinal plant widely used in traditional medicine and aromatheraphy. No comparative data are available on the chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oil from wild and planted T. orientalis . The aim of this study is to investigate the comparison of chemical composition and antibacterial activity of the essential oils. The essential oils of the leaves from wild and planted T. orientalis were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The analysis of the essential oils from wild and planted T. orientalis leaves revealed the presence of artemisia triene (1771.45 mg/l, 1930.44 mg/l), trans -isolimonene (1716.31 mg/l, 753.10 mg/l), terpinolene (506.16 mg/l, 679.60 mg/l), isopulegol (478.76 mg/l, 355.64 mg/l), caryophyllene (462.71 mg/l, 568.43 mg/l), sabinene (405.44 mg/l, 395.34 mg/l) and myrcene (316.09 mg/l, 406.74 mg/l) as major constituents. The antibacterial assay revealed that the two kinds of essential oil showed activity. Results obtained in this study revealed that there is some quantitative differences of the chemical composition and antibacterial activity were noted between wild and planted T. orientalis .