Anticandidal, Antibacterial Properties and Composition of the Essential Oils of Juniperus excelsa Bieb.

Abstract

The genus Juniperus L. belongs to the Cupressaceae family, representing about 70 species all over the world. Juniperus L. is represented in Turkey by 7 species and 14 taxa. Juniperus excelsa Bieb. has two subspecies – subsp. excelsa ‘’Boz ardıç, Boylu ardıç Adi Ardıç, Çerkem’’ and subsp. polycarpos (K.Koch) Takht. ‘’Daltaban ardıcı’’– in Turkey. Leaves of the Juniperus excelsa subsp. excelsa were water distilled and the oil was studied by GC and GC/MS. Main components in the essential oil were found to be  β-Thujone (28.3%), Terpinen-4-ol (10.9%), Sabinene (9.3%) and limonene (7.2%), resp.