The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of Eryngium palmatum, an endemic plant species from the Balkan Peninsula, were investigated. The flavonoids apigenin (9.5±0.3 mg g-1) and apigenin 7-O-glucoside (2.4±0.1 mg g-1) were determined in a methanol extract of aerial parts using HPLC analysis. The methanol extract of roots contained catechin (5.0±0.1 mg g-1), epicatechin (2.9±0.1 mg g-1), chlorogenic acid (1.6±0.0 mg g-1), gallic acid (0.9±0.0 mg g-1) and rosmarinic acid (0.9±0.2 mg g-1). GC-FID and GCMS analysis of a chloroform extract of aerial parts showed that the main volatile constituents were falcarinol, linoleic acid, hexadecanoic acid and methyl linoleate (comprising 32.6%; 24.4%; 19.9; 13.2% of the volatile fraction, respectively), while octanoic acid, tetradecanol and dodecanol dominated in the chloroform extract of the roots (34.9%; 25.8%; 22.2% of the volatile fraction, respectively). Investigation of antimicrobial activity by broth microdilution showed that the methanol and chloroform extracts of aerial parts and roots exerted a significant effect (MIC 3.5-15.6 μg mL-1) against tested Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The methanol extracts of aerial parts or roots exerted moderate ferric reducing antioxidant power, DPPH radical scavenging activity and hydroxyl radical scavenging activity. © 2014 Versita Warsaw and Springer-Verlag Wien.
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Marčetić, M. D., Petrović, S. D., Milenković, M. T., & Niketić, M. S. (2014). Composition, antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of the extracts of Eryngium palmatum Pančić and Vis. (Apiaceae). Central European Journal of Biology, 9(2), 149–155. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-013-0247-0
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