Determination of Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Pimento & Ginger Essential Oil

Şener, Nesrin; Özkinali, Sevil; Gür, Mahmut; Güney, Kerim; Özkan, Osman Emre; Khalifa, Moustafa Milad

doi:10.5530/ijper.51.3s.19

Original ArticleIndian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and ResearchVol. 51 | Issue 3s1 | 2017 | pp. s230–s233Open access

Determination of Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Pimento & Ginger Essential Oil

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¹ Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science-Arts, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.
² Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science-Arts, Hitit University, Çorum, TURKEY.
³ Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.
⁴ Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.

Correspondence: Nesrin Şener
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science-Arts, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.
Email: nsener@kastamonu.edu.tr

Published:: Jul 14, 2017
DOI:: 10.5530/ijper.51.3s.19

How to cite

Şener, N., Özkinali, S., Gür, M., Güney, K., Özkan, O. E., & Khalifa, M. M. (2017). Determination of Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Pimento & Ginger Essential Oil. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 51(3s1), s230–s233. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.51.3s.19

Abstract

The essential oil was obtained from pimento (Pimenta racemosa Mill.) and ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) through hydrodistillation method. The chemical composition of pimento and ginger essential oils were analyzed by GC-MS. It was found that the most abundant components were methyleugenol (52.33%) and zingiberene (16.32%) in essential oils of pimento and ginger, respectively. The antimicrobial activities of essential oils were investigated against 18 microorganisms with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method. While pimento essential oil behaved strong antimicrobial against all bacteria apart from S. epidermidis, ginger essential oil exhibited poor activity against all bacteria. As a result of this study; it can be suggested that pimento essential oil is a preservative in the medicinal application and food industry.

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Title	Determination of Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Composition of Pimento & Ginger Essential Oil
Authors	Nesrin Şener; Sevil Özkinali; Mahmut Gür; Kerim Güney; Osman Emre Özkan; Moustafa Milad Khalifa
Affiliations	Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science-Arts, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science-Arts, Hitit University, Çorum, TURKEY.; Department of Forest Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.; Department of Forest Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu, TURKEY.
Corresponding author	nsener@kastamonu.edu.tr
Journal	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Volume / Issue	Vol. 51, Issue 3s1 (2017)