Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Volatile Oil of Artemisia khorassanica. from Iran

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Table 1.. Composition of the essential oil of Artemisia khorassanica..

Compounds	RRI (DB-1)	Percentage in oil	Methods of identification
α-Pinene	924	0.4	RI/MS
1,8-Cineol	1013	17.7	RI/MS
τ-Terpinene	1025	0.4	RI/MS
Filifolone	1075	0.4	RI/MS
Linalool	1088	1.5	RI/MS
Chrysanthnone	1092	0.8	RI/MS
Camphor	1117	13.9	RI/MS
Isogeraniol	1145	5.7	RI/MS
Terpin-4-ol	1157	3.9	RI/MS
β-Fenchyl alcohol	1168	3.3	RI/MS
Myrtenol	1173	0.7	RI/MS
cis.-Ascaridol	1206	3.3	RI/MS
Geraniol	1233	0.5	RI/MS
Chrysanthenyl acetate	1238	1.1	RI/MS
endo.-Bornyl acetate	1261	2.0	RI/MS
trans.-Ascaridol	1269	2.3	RI/MS
trans.-Sabinene hydrate acetate	1275	0.2	RI/MS
α-Terpinyl acetate	1324	0.7	RI/MS
cis.-Jasmone	1359	4.7	RI/MS
Davanafurane	1386	0.1	RI/MS
trans.-Caryophyllene	1398	0.6	RI/MS
α-Muurolene	1448	0.3	RI/MS
Ledene	1462	0.3	RI/MS
Eremophilene	1464	0.3	RI/MS
Sclareolide	1523	0.3	RI/MS
Caryophyllene oxide	1547	0.6	RI/MS
Davanone	1561	12.2	RI/MS
Ledol	1600	0.2	RI/MS
Globulol	1607	0.3	RI/MS
Plaustrol	1640	0.2	RI/MS
Davana ether	1710	0.7	RI/MS

RRI, Relative Retention Index; RI, Retention Index; MS, Mass Spectrometry.

Table 2.. Antimicrobial activity of essential oil of Artemisia khorassanica..

Strains	MIC (ppm)
Bacillus subtilis. ATCC 16404	1000
Enterobacter cloacae. PTCC 1003	3000
Escherichia coli. ATCC 8739	10,000
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ATCC 9027	1000
Salmonella typhi. PTCC 1185	3000
Serratia marcescens. PTCC 1111	3000
Shigella dysenteriae. PTCC 1188	1000
Staphylococcus aureus. ATCC 29737	3000
Aspergillus niger. ATCC 16404	1000
Candida albicans. ATCC 10231	3000

ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; PTCC, Persian Type Culture Collection; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration.