Antimicrobial activity and composition of Hyptis mutabilis essential oil

M.M. OLIVA; M.S. DEMO, A.G. LOPEZ; M.L. LOPEZ AND J.A. ZYGADLO

Journal of medicinal Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants

Año: 2005 vol. 11 p. 57 - 63

An analysis of hydrodistilled essentil oil from fresh aerial parts of Hyptis mutabilis (Rich) Briq. by GC/MS resulted in the identification of 24 compounds that presented 95.5 percent of the oil. The main constituents of the oil were E-caryophyllene (14,7%), spathulenol (14,2%) and germacrene D (11,1%). The oil exhibeted significant antimicrobial activity against Mucor sp.