Chemical Composition and In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil Obtained from Eugenia pyriformis Cambess. (Myrtaceae)

Abstract

HIGHLIGHTS β-caryophyllene, bicyclogermacrene, globulol, and δ-cadinene were de major constituents. Antimicrobial activity was tested with twelve microorganisms of interest. Promissing antibacterial activity of essential oil against several gram-positive bacteria. The essential oil showed marked toxicity to A. salina.