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AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsSubhash Chandra Taneja, Ashok Kumar Shahi, Vijeshwar Verma, Vijay Kumar Sethi, Samar Singh Andotra, Abid Zaffar Hashmi, Prabhu Dutt, Sanotosh Kumar Bakshi, Maharaj Krishan Koul, Satya Narayan Sharma, Suresh Chandra, Ghulam Nabi Qazi
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The present invention relates to anti-microbial activity of the essential oil of Cymbopogon flexuosus (Nees ex Steud) Wats and the process of isolation of novel sesquiterpene compound which is mainly responsible for the strong anti-microbial/anti-bacterial activity. The present invention particularly relates to anti-bacterial activity of the essential oil and a pure isolate identified as (+)-1-bisabolone of formula 1 against gram positive bacteria from a strain of a grass identified as Cymbopogon flexuosus.
A process for the isolation of a sesquiterpene, (+)-1-bisabolone of the formula 1 from Cymbopogon flexuosus
An essential oil obtained from the freshly harvested leaves of Cymbopogon flexuosus comprising a sesquiterpene (+)-1-bisabolone as the active ingredient, said essential oil having anti-bacterial activity against gram positive bacteria.
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