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Antioxidative and Antimicrobial Activities of Essential oil from Artemisia vulgaris  

Bhatt Lok Ranjan (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine)
Lim Jin-A (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine)
Chai Kyu-Yun (Division of Bionanochemistry, Wonkwang University)
Kang Jeong-Il (School of Alternative Medicine, College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Jeonju University)
Oh Hong-Keun (School of Alternative Medicine, College of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Jeonju University)
Baek Seung-Hwa (Department of Herbal Resources, Professional Graduate School of Oriental Medicine)
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Natural Product Sciences / v.12, no.4, 2006 , pp. 226-231 More about this Journal
Abstract
Artemisia vulgaris, one of the most religious plants in Nepal, is used in the treatment of various ailments. In this study, antioxidative activity of essential oil from A. vulgaris was evaluated, using different in vitro methods and antimicrobial activity by disc diffusion method against skin disease microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Candida albicans and Propionibacterium acnes. The essential oil exhibited a concentration-dependent antioxidant activity. It showed strong metal chelating activity with low reducing and antioxidant power. However, gradual increase in radical scavenging activity was obtained with increasing concentration and reaction time. It also possessed a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity and notable susceptibility was observed against S. pyogenes and P. acnes.
Keywords
Artemisia vulgaris; essential oil; antioxidative activity; antimicrobial activity; skin disease microorganism;
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