The antibacterial activity of Inula viscosa L. extracts against some types of pathogenic bacteria

The antibacterial activity of Inula viscosa L. leaves extracts against some pathogenic bacteria, which were isolated from Al-Assad hospital laboratory in Lattakia, was tested by disc diffusion method. Results showed that water extracts had antibacterial activity against all Gram positive and negative bacteria. The diameters of inhibition zones were between 9 mm against Pseudomonas aeroginosa and 41 mm against Proteus vulgaris. All Gram positive bacteria showed sensitivity to all organic extracts, so they had antibacterial activity, while Gram negative bacteria showed resistance to chloroform extract except for the one of Klebsiella pneumoniae with an inhibition zone of 12 mm, and resistance for dichlormethan extract except for Pseudomonas aeruginosa with an inhibition zone of 15 mm. there was resistance for diethyl extract except for Serratia marcescens with an inhibition zone of 32 mm. Ethyl acetate extract had antibacterial activity against all bacteria. Ethanol, methanol and acetone extracts showed antibacterial activity against all bacteria except for Escherichia coli with an inhibition zone of 10 mm. This study indicated that water and organic Inula viscosa L. leaves extracts had antibacterial activity against pathogenic bacteria which also was tested, especially water extract, ethanol, methanol, ethyl acetate and hexane extracts. So the Inula viscosa L. leaves extracts may be sources for natural antibiotic in future.

Chemical composition of essential oils extracted from flowers of Taion plant ( Inula viscosa L. ) from two different regions of Lattakia– Syria

Flowers of Inula viscosa (L.) plant (Inula genus , Asteraceae family), locally known as Taion, was collected from two different regions of Lattakia: the Jubt Barghal region (a mountainous area), the Qaya region (a coastal area), and the essential oil was extracted by Hydrodistillation using the Cleveger apparatus , where the weight percentage of essential oil stood at 1.26%,1.1% for both mountainous and coastal region ,respectively. The Chemical composition of essential oil obtained from flowers of Inula viscosa (L.) was analyzed by GC/MS . The essential oil of the mountainous area contained 60 components, 58 components of which were identified, that accounting for (97.98%) of total essential oil. The main component controlling was: 7-methoxy-5-ethoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H-chromene (43.43%) The essential oil of the coastal region contained 33 components, 32 components of which were identified, that accounting for (98.31%) of total essential oil. The main components were: Linalyl propionate (19.70%), Eugenol (15.11%), n-Eicosane (9.27%).