Volatile Oil Components and Antibacterial Activity of Achillea Biebersteinii Afan. From Lake Van Basin, Turkey

Abstract

Antibacterial activity of the essential oil from dried flowering aerial parts of Achillea biebersteinii (Van region of Turkey) was assessed against six microorganism using disc diffusion method. Five microorganisms sensitive to Alcillea biebersteinii Afan. were included Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 25241 (8-10 mm), Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6051 (8-10 mm), Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 10145 (10-10 mm), Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 12600 (9-10 mm) and Escherichia coli ATCC 11775 (8-9 mm). Meanwhile, GC/MS analysis of oil releaved twenty-one compounds with the main compounds as camphor (20.77 %), 1,8-cineol (18.60 %), artemisia ketone (14.69 %), camphene (7.80 %), α-pinene (5.94 %), artemisia alcohol (5.88 %), β-phellandrene (4.87 %) and chrysanthenone (4.33 %), respectively.