CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OIL FROM NARCISSUS (NARCISSUS POETICUS L.) AND ABSOLUTE FROM FOUR ROSE (ROSA DAMASCENA MILL.) CULTIVARS
Author(s):
Alexandru Ciocarlan, Ion Dragalin, Violeta Popescu, Lidia Lungu, Lucian Lupascu, Aculina Aricu, Tatiana Calugaru-Spataru, Zinaida Balmus, Dmitrii Grozdov, Pavel Nekhoroshkov, Inga Zinicovscaia
Field: Natural product chemistry and synthesis Type: Research paper Issue: 2025 Volume 20, no.2 Pages: 94-100
Keywords:
Narcissus poeticus L. essential oil, Rosa damascena Mill. absolutes, GC-MS analysis, antimicrobial assessments.
Graphycal Abstract: The chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Narcissus poeticus L. essential oil and Rosa damascena Mill. absolutes of Moldovan origin were studied. Using GC–MS analysis 28 constituents of N. poeticus essential oil and 37 of R. damascena absolutes were identified. The γ-terpineol (52.62%) was the main component of N. poeticus oil, while the phenylethyl alcohol predominated in R. damascena absolutes (59.85–78.17%). Both products exhibited strong in vitro antibacterial and antifungal activity against four bacterial strains and two fungal species, with effective concentrations of 150–300 μg/mL and 300–600 μg/mL, respectively.