Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Apricot Seed

• DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5219
• Publication Date: 2014-09-15T06:17:02Z
• Authors: Hyun‐hee Lee; Jeong‐Hyun Ahn; Ae‐Ran Kwon; Eun Sook Lee; Jin‐Hwan Kwak; Yu‐Hong Min
• Keywords: Phytochemical; Gram-Positive Bacteria

In traditional oriental medicine, apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) seed has been used to treat skin diseases such as furuncle, acne vulgaris and dandruff, well coughing, asthma constipation. This study describes the phytochemical profile antimicrobial potential of essential oil obtained from seeds (Armeniacae Semen). The isolated by hydrodistillation was analysed gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. Benzaldehyde (90.6%), mandelonitrile (5.2%) benzoic acid (4.1%) were identified. Disc diffusion, agar dilution gaseous contact methods performed determine activity against 16 bacteria two yeast species. minimum inhibitory concentrations ranged 250 4000, 500 2000 1000 µg/mL for Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative strains, respectively. doses 12.5 50, 50 3.13 mg/L air exhibited a variable degree range yeasts tested.