Screening of antimicrobial activity of essential oil and methanol extract of Satureja hortensis on foodborne bacteria and fungi
2007
Adiguzel, A.,Atatuerk Univ., Erzurum (Turkey). Biotechnology Application and Research Center | Ozer, H.,Atatuerk Univ., Erzurum (Turkey). Dept. of Field Crops | Kilic, H.,Atatuerk Univ., Erzurum (Turkey). Dept. of Chemistry | Cetin, B.,Atatuerk Univ., Erzurum (Turkey). Dept. of Food Engineering
The present work reports on the concentration of essential oil in Satureja hortensis and in vitro antimicrobial activities of this essential oil and methanol extract from S. hortensis. The chemical composition of the hydrodistilled essential oil was analysed by GC-MS. Thirty constituents were identified. The main ones were thymol (40.54%), gamma-terpinene (18.56%), carvacrol (13.98%), and p-cymene (8.97). The essential oil of S. hortensis exhibited the activity against 25 bacteria, 8 fungi, and a yeast, C. albicans. The Minimum Inhibitory Concentration values (MIC) ranged from 15.62 to 250 microL/mL. Similarly, methanol extract of the plant also showed antimicrobial activity.
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