%0 Journal Article
%T Low temperature extraction of essential oil bearing plants by liquefied gases. 7. Seeds from cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum /L./ Maton)
%A VELIZAR GOCHEV
%A TANYA GIROVA
%A IVANKA STOILOVA
%A TEODORA ATANASOVA
%J Journal of BioScience and Biotechnology
%D 2012
%I Plovdiv University Press
%X The chemical composition of extract from the seeds of cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton, obtained by extraction with tetrafluoroethane was analyzed using GC and GC/MS. The major compounds (concentration higher than 3%) of extract were: terpinyl acetate (36.8%), 1,8-cineole (29.2%), linalyl acetate (5.2%), sabinene (3.9%) and linalool (3.1%). The studied extract demonstrated antimicrobial activity against pathogenic species Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Salmonella abony and was inactive against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The extract possessed low antioxidant activity against DPPH radicals.
%K antimicrobial activity
%K antioxidant activity
%K cardamom
%K extraction with tetrafluoroethane
%U http://www.jbb.uni-plovdiv.bg/documents/27807/33333/jbb_2012-1(2)-pages_135-139.pdf