%0 Journal Article
%T The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of the essential oil of Salvia fruticosa growing wild in Libya
%A Giweli Abdulhamid A.
%A D£¿ami£¿ Ana M.
%A Sokovi£¿ Marina
%A Risti£¿ M.S.
%J Archives of Biological Sciences
%D 2013
%I Serbian Biological Society
%R 10.2298/abs1301321g
%X The composition of essential oil isolated from Salvia fruticosa, wild growing in Libya, was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Forty-five compounds could be identified. The essential oil contained 1,8-cineole (49.34%), camphor (7.53%), ¦Â-pinene (7.38%), myrcene (7.38%), ¦Á-pinene (5.15%), ¦Â-caryophyllene (4.13%) and ¦Á-terpineol (3.25). Antioxidant activity was analyzed using the DPP H free radical scavenging method and low antioxidant activity was found (IC50 = 15.53 mg/ml). The oil was also screened for its antimicrobial activity against eight bacteria (four Gram-negative and four Gram-positive) and eight fungi. The essential oil of S. fruticosa showed minimal inhibitory activity (MIC) at 0.125-1.5 mg/ml and bactericidal (MBC) at 0.5-2.0 mg/ml. In addition, it exhibited fungistatic (MIC) at 0.125-1.0 mg/ml and fungicidal effect (MFC) at 0.125-1.5 mg/ml. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173029 and br. 173032]
%K Salvia fruticosa
%K essential oil
%K antimicrobial
%K antioxidant activity
%K 1
%K 8-cineole
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0354-4664/2013/0354-46641301321G.pdf