The chemical composition of the essential oil from the leaves of Coleus amboinicus Lour., an aromatic shrub with ethnobotanical uses was analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Fifteen components were identified by GC-MS and carvacrol (65.2 %)was found to be the major constituent. The essential oil showed antibacterial activity against important enteric pathogens (Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio sp.), with MIC values of 10 μg/ml.
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