Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Artemisia annua (L.) essential oil against different fish pathogens

Summary

In the present study, the composition of the essential oil and antimicrobial activity from aerial parts of Artemisia annua growing wild in north of Iran was investigated. The major ingredients of the essential oil of A. annua were camphor (29.2%), 1.8-cineole (13.3%), tetradecanol (6.16%), β-selinene (5.82%) and pinocarvone (3.86%). In the current study, antimicrobial activity of A. annua was tested against 4 fish pathogenic bacteria including: Streptococcus iniae, Yersinia ruckeri, Aeromonas hydrophila and Lactococcus garvieae and 3 fish pathogenic fungi namely Saprolegnia sp., Fusarium solani and Aspergillus flavus.