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Essential Oil Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Hyptis colombiana from the Venezuelan Andes

Published:2015-10 Issue:10 Volume:10 Page:1934578X1501001
ISSN:1934-578X
Container-title:Natural Product Communications
language:en
Short-container-title:Natural Product Communications

Author:

Flores Mayalin¹,Rojas Luis²,Aparicio Rosa²,Lucena Maria Eugenia³,Usubillaga Alfredo²

Affiliation:

1. Postgrado de Quimica de Medicamentos, Facultad de Farmada y Bioanálisis, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

2. Instituto de Investigaciones, Facultad de Farmada y Bioanalisis, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

3. Laboratorio de Bioquimica, Departamento de Bioanálisis Clinico, Facultad de Farmada y Bioanálisis, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

Abstract

Hyptis colombiana is an aromatic shrub native to the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes. Aerial parts were collected in Mérida State at about 3100 m above sea level in February 2005, and May and October 2006. The essential oil was found to contain germacrene D and β-caryophyllene as main constituents (about 50%). The February 2005 and October 2006 oils were found to have antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, but not the May 2006 oil, probably due to the lack of some minor constituent.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Complementary and alternative medicine,Plant Science,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1934578X1501001029

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