Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 2007 Volume 72, Issue 11, Pages: 1045-1051
https://doi.org/10.2298/JSC0711045N
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Chemical composition, antibacterial and antifungal activity of the essential oils of Cotinus coggygria from Serbia
Novaković Miroslav 
(Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade)
Vučković Ivan (Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade)
Janaćković Peđa (Faculty of Biology, Belgrade)
Soković Marina (Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković", Belgrade)
Filipović Anka (Institute of Public Health, Belgrade)
Tešević Vele (Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade)
Milosavljević Slobodan (Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade)
Essential oils from leaves with young branches of Cotinus coggygria Scop. from two localities in Serbia (Deliblatska peščara and Zemun), obtained by hydrodistillation, were analyzed by GC-MS. Thirty-one component were identified from both oils and among them monoterpenic hydrocarbons were the dominant class (87.4 and 93.1 %). The dominant constituent in both essential oils was limonene (47.0 and 39.2 %). Both oils were also tested for antibacterial and antifungal activities. In comparison to streptomycin, both oils showed slightly higher activity (against most Gram-positive bacteria) in the disc diffusion method and slightly lower activity when the microdilution method was employed. They also exhibited antifungal potential higher than that of the commercial fungicide bifonazole.
Keywords: Cotinus coggygria, essential oil composition, antibacterial activity, antifungalpotential