Antibacterial activity, chemical composition, and cytotoxicity of leaf's essential oil from brazilian pepper tree (schinus terebinthifolius, raddi)

A B Silva; T Silva; E S Franco; S A Rabelo; E R Lima; R A Mota; C A G da Câmara; N T Pontes-Filho; J V Lima-Filho

doi:10.1590/S1517-838220100001000023

Antibacterial activity, chemical composition, and cytotoxicity of leaf's essential oil from brazilian pepper tree (schinus terebinthifolius, raddi)

Braz J Microbiol. 2010 Jan;41(1):158-63. doi: 10.1590/S1517-838220100001000023. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

Authors

A B Silva¹, T Silva, E S Franco, S A Rabelo, E R Lima, R A Mota, C A G da Câmara, N T Pontes-Filho, J V Lima-Filho

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Biologia , Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco , Recife, PE, Brasil;

Abstract

The antibacterial potential of leaf's essential oil (EO) from Brazilian pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) against staphylococcal isolates from dogs with otitis externa was evaluated. The minimum inhibitory concentration of EO ranged from 78.1 to 1,250 μg/mL. The oil was analyzed by GC and GC/MS and cytotoxicity tests were carried out with laboratory animals.

Keywords: Brazilian pepper tree; Essential oil; Schinus terebinthifolius; Staphylococcus; otitis externa.