Hussein A H Said-Al Ahl1, Atef M Sarhan2, Abou Dahab M Abou Dahab2, El-Shahat N Abou-Zeid1, Mohamed S Ali1, Nabila Y Naguib1 and Magda A El-Bendary1
1National Research Centre, Egypt 2Cairo University, Egypt
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Nat Prod Chem Res
Antimicrobial activity of the essential oils obtained from vegetative herb, flowering herb and the seeds of Anethum graveolens was determined against eight microorganisms using the disk diffusion assay test as well as measuring Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC) against diverse type of microorganisms including gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria and fungi. The results showed that the tested dill oils exhibited strong and a variable degree of antimicrobial activity against all of the tested microorganisms. The essential oils compositions were analyzed and determined by GC. The main components of the vegetative herb essential oils were α-phellandrene (46.33%), limonene (13.72%), β-phellandrene (11.01%) and p-cymene (17.88%). p-cymene (33.42%), carvone (13.10%) and dillether (19.63%) were the main components of the flowering herb, whereas, carvone (62.48%), dillapiole (19.51%) and limonene (14.61%) were identified as the major compounds in seed essential oil.
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