Journal article
Osmitopsis asteriscoides (Asteraceae)-the antimicrobial activity and essential oil composition of a Cape-Dutch remedy
Journal of ethnopharmacology, Vol.88(2), pp.137-143
2003
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00191-0
PMID: 12963133
Abstract
The essential oil composition and antimicrobial activity of
Osmitopsis asteriscoides, a medicinal plant used in traditional herbal preparations in South Africa has been investigated. Three different antimicrobial methods (disc diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration by micro-titer plate and time-kill studies) were comparatively evaluated against
Candida albicans,
Staphylococcus aureus and
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A preliminary screening was done using the disc diffusion method on nine bacterial and four fungal isolates. Minimum inhibitory concentrations showed some correlation with the disc diffusion method. However, time-kill studies appear to be a more superior method for determining antimicrobial activity of volatile compounds such as essential oils. Two moderately susceptible and one resistant organism were selected to further demonstrate the variability between the three methods. The antimicrobial activity of the essential oil, tested by means of time-kill methodology at concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 2% (v/v) indicate a strong fungicidal activity against
Candida albicans and the oil was also found to be bacteriostatic against
Staphylococcus aureus in a concentration-dependent manner. The essential oil rapidly reduced viable counts of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, but regrowth was noted after 240
min. The results have been generated in duplicate in separate microbiology laboratories using different time-kill methods and the results are congruent. The two major essential oil components camphor and 1,8-cineole were investigated indicating the positive antimicrobial efficacy of 1,8-cineole independently and in combination with camphor. In addition to (−)-camphor and 1,8-cineole, 40 compounds were identified by GC-MS in the hydro-distilled essential oil. The high concentration of cineole and camphor and their synergistic effect is presented as a possible explanation for the traditional use of
Osmitopsis asteriscoides for treating microbe-related illnesses.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Osmitopsis asteriscoides (Asteraceae)-the antimicrobial activity and essential oil composition of a Cape-Dutch remedy
- Creators
- Alvaro Viljoen - University of the WitwatersrandSandy van Vuuren - University of the WitwatersrandErika Ernst - University of IowaMichael Klepser - Ferris State UniversityBetűl Demirci - Anadolu UniversityHusnu Başer - Medicinal and Aromatic Plant and Drug Research Center (TBAM), Anadolu University, Eskişehir 26470, TurkeyBen-Erik van Wyk - University of Johannesburg
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of ethnopharmacology, Vol.88(2), pp.137-143
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00191-0
- PMID
- 12963133
- ISSN
- 0378-8741
- eISSN
- 1872-7573
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2003
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984366042102771
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