Author(s): Aly M. El-Sayed, Mohamed A. Al-Yahya, Mahmoud M.A. Hassan
Article publication date: 1990-04-01
Vol. 8 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 25-31.
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Keywords
oil, capillary, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The essential oil of E. arabicus was prepared from the aerial parts and analyzed by capillary GC/MS. Several mono- and sesquiterpenoids were tentatively identified in this plant for the first time by mass spectral comparison with reference compounds. The activity of the oil against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis may predict some interesting antimicrobial agents in this Saudi plant.