ABSTRACT
Candan et al. (2003) evaluated the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in the essential oil and methanolic extract of
Achillea millefolium
sub. Millefollium (
Asteracea
). Of 36 compounds identified in the essential oil, eucalyptol, camphor,
α
-terpineol,
β
-pinene, and borneol accounted for 60.7 percent of the oil. The oil had moderate antimicrobial activity against of number of organisms, including
Staphyllococcus pneumonia
,
Clostridium perfringens,
and
Candida albicans
. The antimicrobial properties were attributed, in part, to the presence of eucalyptol (1,8-cineole), camphor, and borneol (Pattnaik et al., 1997; Tzakou et al., 2001; Tabanca et al., 2001).
