Essential oil composition and antibacterial activities of Gypsophila species

Essential
oil composition of Gypsophila turcica
Hamzaoğlu, Gypsophila pinifolia
Boiss. & Hausskn., G. tuberculosa Hub.-Mor., G. eriocalyx
Boiss. and G. laricina Schreb. were analyzed by means of gas chromatography-mass
spectrometry (GC-MS). Thirty six, fourty four, sixty six, forty one and sixty
one compounds were identified in the essential oils of G. turcica, G. pinifolia,
G. laricina, G. tuberculosa and G. eriocalyx
respectively. The major components were determined hentriacontane (12.93 ±
0.4%), 1-octadecanol (8.97 ± 0.1%), hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (6.9 ± 0.09%) and
pentacosane (6.63 ± 0.08%) in G. turcica oil, hexadecanoic acid (17.6 ±
0.4%), 1-tetradecanol (7.6 ± 0.1%) and phytol (5.63 ± 0.05%) in G. pinifolia
oil, octacosane (6.83%), eicosanal (6.19%), triacontane (6.03%) and heneicosane
(5.78%) for G. eriocalyx, hexadecanoic acid (25.3%, 27.0%) and hentriacontane
(13.0%, 12.6%) for G. tuberculosa and G. laricina,
respectively. Antibacterial activity of G. eriocalyx, G. tuberculosis and G. laricina
were investigated against Gram negative (Escherichia
coli) and Gram positive (Staphylococcus
aureus) bacteria.