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Antimicrobial activity of
the essential oils of rosin from cones of Abies cilicica
subsp. cilicica
K. Sinan Dayisoylu1*,
Ahmet D. Duman1, M. Hakki Alma2 and
Metin Digrak3
1Department
of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural, University of
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras 46100, Turkey.
2Department
of Industrial Engineering of Forestry, Faculty of Forestry,
University of Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras 46060,
Turkey.
3Department
of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of
Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras 46100, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
kesiday@ksu.edu.tr.
Tel.: ++90344 219 1576.
Fax: 90344
219 1526.
Accepted 7
July, 2009 |
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Essential
oil from the rosin of cones of Abies cilicica (Ant.
Et Kotschy.) subsp. cilicia Carr. grown in Turkey was
obtained by the hydro-distillation method and the
antimicrobial activities of the oil were evaluated. The
antimicrobial results showed that the microbial activities
of the oil were considerably dependent upon concentration
and its bioactive compounds. The oil inhibited the growth of
all the bacteria and yeasts except for Escherichia coli
at an oil concentration of 4 µI/disc. Saccromyces
cerevisiae, Klebsiella pneumoniae and
Mycobacterium smegmatis were the most sensitive
microorganisms to the essential oil due to their low MIC
values of 0.5 µg/ml. The results indicated that limonene was
the most effective constituent on the microbial activities,
followed by α-pinene, myrcene, and
b-pinene,
the most effective antifungal activities were also
determined for myrcene.
Key
words:
Antimicrobial activity, essential oil, Abies cilicica,
Turkey, cone, rosin. |
