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This study reports a comparison between conventional (hydrodistillation HD and solvent extraction SE) and alternative (supercritical carbon dioxide SC CO2) extraction methods regarding the qualitative and quantitative composition of the obtained extracts as analyzed by GC and GC-MS techniques and their anitimicrobial activity. Different types of extracts were tested, the essential oil EO obtained by HD, EO-CO2 and AO-CO2 obtained by SC CO2 at different preasures 10 and 30 MPa, at 40 \u00b0C, respectively, and the fractions A, B, C and D obtained by successive solvent extraction (SE) A: ethanol, B: diethyl ether, C: ethyl acetate and D: n-butanol). While EO was characterized by the presence of the high percentage of oxygenated monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes (30.01 and 25.54%, respectively), the rest of the investigated samples were the most abundant in fatty acids and their esters and diterpenes (from 16.72 to 71.07% for fatty acids and their esters, and from 23.30 to 72.76%, for diterpenes). Microbial susceptibility tests revealed the strong to moderate activity of all investigated extracts against the tested microorganisms (MIC from 40 to 2,560 \u03bcg\/mL). Although differences in the chemical compositions determined by GC and GC-MS analysis were established, the displayed antimicrobial activity was similar for the all investigated extracts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules17032683","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,5]],"date-time":"2012-03-05T19:43:27Z","timestamp":1330976607000},"page":"2683-2703","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["Chemical and Antimicrobial Evaluation of Supercritical and Conventional Sideritis scardica Griseb., Lamiaceae Extracts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Vanja","family":"Tadi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medicinal Plant Research \u201cDr Josif Pan\u010di\u0107\u201d, Department of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Tadeu\u0161a Ko\u0161\u0107u\u0161ka 1, Belgrade 11 000, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dragica","family":"Bojovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ICN Montenegro, Mitra Baki\u0107a 64, Podgorica 20 000, Montenegro"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ivana","family":"Arsi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medicinal Plant Research \u201cDr Josif Pan\u010di\u0107\u201d, Department of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Tadeu\u0161a Ko\u0161\u0107u\u0161ka 1, Belgrade 11 000, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sofija","family":"\u0110or\u0111evi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medicinal Plant Research \u201cDr Josif Pan\u010di\u0107\u201d, Department of Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Tadeu\u0161a Ko\u0161\u0107u\u0161ka 1, Belgrade 11 000, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ksenija","family":"Aksentijevic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Univesity of Belgade, Bulevar oslobo\u0111enja 18, Belgrade 11 000, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marko","family":"Stameni\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Organic Chemical Technology, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade Karnegijeva 4, P.O. 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