@article{article_336856, title={Anticandidal, Antibacterial Properties and Composition of the Essential Oils of Juniperus excelsa Bieb.}, journal={Natural Volatiles and Essential Oils}, volume={3}, pages={8–12}, year={2016}, author={Küçük, Sevim and Kürkçüoğlu, Mine and İşcan, Gökalp and Elmacı, Ceren and Başer, Kemal Hüsnü Can}, keywords={Juniperus excelsa subsp. excelsa, Cupressaceae, Essential oil, β-Thujone, Terpinen-4-ol}, abstract={<p> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">The genus <i>Juniperus </i>
L. belongs to the Cupressaceae family, representing about 70 species all over
the world. <i>Juniperus </i>L. is represented in Turkey by 7 species and 14
taxa. <i>Juniperus excelsa </i>Bieb. <i> </i>has two subspecies – subsp. <i>excelsa </i>‘’Boz ardıç, Boylu ardıç Adi Ardıç, Çerkem’’ <i> </i>and subsp. <i>polycarpos </i>(K.Koch) Takht. <i> ‘ </i>’Daltaban ardıcı’’– in Turkey. Leaves of the <i>Juniperus
excelsa </i> subsp. <i>excelsa </i> were </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">water distilled and the oil was studied by GC
and GC/MS. Main components in the essential oil were found to be <span>  </span>β </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">-Thujone </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> (28.3%), </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb">Terpinen-4-ol </span> <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;" lang="en-gb" xml:lang="en-gb"> (10.9%), Sabinene (9.3%) and limonene (7.2%),
resp. </span> <br /> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={Badebio Biotechnology Ltd.}