Absract:
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of leaf essential oil of Chaerophyllum villosum. The essential oils composition of leaves of Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. ex DC. (family: Apiaceae) were analyzed and compared using capillary GC and GC-MS. The leaf essential oil of C. villosum was dominated by monoterpene hydrocarbons (91.34%) represented by γ-terpinene (74.93%) as single major constituent followed by p-cymene (10.00%), terpinolene (2.93%) and β-pinene (2.54%). Among the various micro organisms, the oil was more active against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus mutans. In antifungal activity of the essential oil shows good results against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata
