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- Title
Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity Against Food-Borne Pathogens of Calocedrus formosana Heartwood Essential Oil.
- Authors
Kuang-Ping Hsu; San-Hsien Tu; Yu-Chang Su; Chen-Lung Ho
- Abstract
This study investigated the chemical composition, and antimicrobial activity against food-borne pathogens of the essential oil isolated from the heartwood of Calocedrus formosana from Taiwan. The oil, isolated by hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus, was characterized using GC-FID and GC-MS. The major constituents were t-muurolol (16.1%), α-cadinol (11.1%), α-terpineol (10.6%), thymol (8.5%), and ß-thujaplicin (4.5%). The oil demonstrated strong activity against food-borne bacterial and fungal pathogens, and, to determine the source compounds responsible for this activity, the main components were individually evaluated. The most active source compounds were determined to be t-muurolol, α-cadinol, thymol, and ß-thujaplicin.
- Subjects
ANTI-infective agents; FOODBORNE diseases; CALOCEDRUS formosana; ESSENTIAL oils; THYMOL
- Publication
Natural Product Communications, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1934-578X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1934578X211020223