Phytochemical, Characterizationand Antimicrobial Studies of Molineria capitulataFruits Essential oil Against Multidrug Resistance Pathogens

Abstract

— The aim of this study was phytochemical, antimicrobial studies of the Molineria capitalata fresh
fruits were cut into small pieces subjected to water distillation for 8 hours using the Clevenger apparatus to
extract the oils. Phytochemical characterization was carried out using chromatography methods. The
essential oils were first analyzed on a gas chromatograph equipped with a flame ionization detector (FID).
The oil). The oil sample was performed on Agilent HP6890 system. The essential oil was screened for
activity against tetracycline resistance/multidrug resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli,
Salmonella typhi, pseudomonas aeruginosaand Neisseria gonorrhoea, Candida albicans, Candida
stellatoida, Candida tropicalis, Fusariumexosporium. The antimicrobial study revealed that the Molineria
capitalata essential oil was found to have both antibacterial and antifungal activity. All the essential oil
concentration shows significant activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi,
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia, Fusariumexosporium, and Neisseria gonorrhoea, but was
not active against Candida albicans, Candida stellatoida, and Candida tropicalis. By chromatographic
techniques, NMR and FTIR. Myrcene was isolated and characterized from the dichloromethane extract of
Molineria capitulata fruits essential oil. These pure compounds showed similar impressions of antimicrobial
activities as the origin of essential oil.