Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oil ofPiper angustifolium
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Planta Medica
- Vol. 62 (04) , 372-373
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2006-957911
Abstract
The essential oil of Piper angustifolium Lam. was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) technique. Camphor and camphene were the main constituents. This oil exhibited bacteriostatic and fungistatic activities against Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, and Escherichia coli.Keywords
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