Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran

Masoud Kazemi; Mohammad Dakhili; Abdolhossein Rustaiyan; Kambiz Larijani; Mohammad Ali Ahmadi; Valiolah Mozaffarian

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Artemisia tschernieviana Besser from Iran

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Pharmacognosy Research,2009,1,3,120-124.

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Published:January 2010

Type:Original Article

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Masoud Kazemi¹, Mohammad Dakhili¹, Abdolhossein Rustaiyan², Kambiz Larijani², Mohammad Ali Ahmadi¹, Valiolah Mozaffarian³

¹Department of Applied Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O.Box 37185/364, Qom, IRAN.

²Department of Chemistry, Science and Research Campus, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN.

³Iran Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran,IRAN.

Abstract:

The oil obtained from hydrodistillation of the aerial parts of Artemisia tschernieviana was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main constituents of the 30 identified components were p-cymene (21.3%), '-pinene (17.8%), *-pinene (9.4%), --terpinene (9.1%), (Z)-cis-ocimene (8.8%), and *-cadinol (8.1%). This species is rich in monoterpenes. Antimicrobial activity was determined against six bacterial strains and one fungal strain. The results show that this oil is active against all the tested strains.

Keywords:Artemisia tschernieviana Besser; Essential oil; Antimicrobial activity; p-cymene; '-pinene; *-pinene; --terpinene; (Z)-beta-ocimene; *-cadinol