CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM FERONIA ELEPHANTUM CORREA

El-Fishawy, Ahlam; El-Kashoury, El-Sayeda; Abd El-Kawy, Mostafa; Soliman, Fathy

doi:10.21608/zjps.1993.187363

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM FERONIA ELEPHANTUM CORREA

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy, Cairo 11562, Egypt.

² Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Ainy, Cairo 11562, Egypt.

10.21608/zjps.1993.187363

Abstract

Essential oil of the leaves of Feronia elephantum Correa (0.56%) was analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). About 99.4% of the oil components were identified. This represented eleven components. Estragole was the main component (76.0%). followed by trans and cis-anethole (13.5 and 2.1%, repectively).
The oil exhibited remarkable antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans Mycobacterium intracellularae, Aspergillus fumigatus, Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.