
   @article{article_546528, title={Characterization of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. fruit volatiles and antibacterial evaluation}, journal={Natural Volatiles and Essential Oils}, volume={5}, pages={35–38}, year={2018}, author={Karadağ, Ayşe Esra and Demirci, Betül and Polat, Derya Çiçek and Okur, Mehmet Evren}, keywords={Opuntia ficus-indica,volatile compounds,chemical characterization}, abstract={&amp;lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;Opuntia ficus-indica &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;(L.) Mill. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;fruits known as prickly pear cactus are used in folk medicine
as well as food. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;In the present study it was
aimed to extract the volatile constituents of &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; O. ficus-indica &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; fruits &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;by &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; n &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;-hexane. The volatiles were subsequently
analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS, where a total of 14 compounds were identified.
The main components were characterized as hexadecanoic acid 39.4%, heptacosane &amp;lt;em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span style="font-family:Calibri, ’sans-serif’;"&amp;gt; 12.3%, and methyl linoleate 6.8%,
respectively. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt; Further antimicrobial evaulation using a broth
microdilution assay (Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute method) against
human pathogenic &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt; Staphylococcus aureus &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt; ATCC 6538, &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Enterococcus
faecalis &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;ATCC 29212 &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;, Escherichia coli &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;
NRLL B-3008, and &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Pseudomonas aeruginosa &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;
ATCC 10145. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;The minimum non-reproductive concentrations were determined as MIC, where &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;S. aureus &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt;showed the most &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;potent
inhibition by 500 &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;µ &amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;g/mL. &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;font-style:normal;" xml:lang="en-gb"&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt; &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;}, number={4}, publisher={Badebio Biotechnology Ltd.}