Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Isolated from Algerian Juniperus Phoenicea L. and Cupressus Sempervirens L. Mazari, K., Bendimerad, N., Bekhechi, C., & Fernandez, X. 4(10):959–964.
Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Isolated from Algerian Juniperus Phoenicea L. and Cupressus Sempervirens L. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The chemical composition of essential oils isolated from the leaves by steam-distillation of Algerian Juniperus phoenicea L. and Cupressus sempervirens L. were analyzed by GC-MS. The oils were predominantly composed of monoterpene hydrocarbons (72.9 and 75.7%), with α-pinene as major constituent (34.5 and 60.5%). β-phellandrene (22.4%) and α-Terpinyl acetate (14.7%) were the second most important constituents of the J. phoenicea oil. While cedrol (8.3%) was found to be the second most important constituent in the oil of C. sempervirens. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oils was evaluated against five bacteria (3 Gram-positive and 2 Gram-negative), and 3 fungi. Results showed that the oils exhibited moderate antibacterial and antifungal activities.
@article{mazariChemicalCompositionAntimicrobial2010,
  title = {Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Isolated from {{Algerian Juniperus}} Phoenicea {{L}}. and {{Cupressus}} Sempervirens {{L}}.},
  author = {Mazari, Khadidja and Bendimerad, Nassima and Bekhechi, Chahrazed and Fernandez, Xavier},
  date = {2010},
  journaltitle = {Journal of Medicinal Plants Research},
  volume = {4},
  pages = {959--964},
  url = {http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JMPR/article-abstract/183A4DB21585},
  abstract = {The chemical composition of essential oils isolated from the leaves by steam-distillation of Algerian Juniperus phoenicea L. and Cupressus sempervirens L. were analyzed by GC-MS. The oils were predominantly composed of monoterpene hydrocarbons (72.9 and 75.7\%), with α-pinene as major constituent (34.5 and 60.5\%). β-phellandrene (22.4\%) and α-Terpinyl acetate (14.7\%) were the second most important constituents of the J. phoenicea oil. While cedrol (8.3\%) was found to be the second most important constituent in the oil of C. sempervirens. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oils was evaluated against five bacteria (3 Gram-positive and 2 Gram-negative), and 3 fungi. Results showed that the oils exhibited moderate antibacterial and antifungal activities.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-13699772,chemical-composition,cupressus-sempervirens,forest-resources,juniperus-phoenicea},
  number = {10}
}

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