Research Article Chemical Composition and Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities

Copyright © 2013 Salmiah Ismail et al.is is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Allium hirtifolium Boiss. known as Persian shallot, is a spice used as a traditional medicine in Iran and, Mediterranean region. In this study, the chemical composition of the hydromethanolic extract of this plant was analyzed using GC/MS. e result showed that 9-hexadecenoic acid, 11,14-eicosadienoic acid, and n-hexadecanoic acid are the main constituents. e antibacterial activity of the shallot extract was also examined by disk diffusion and microdilution broth assays. It was demonstrated tha