The antimicrobial activity of forest plants to the environment
2006
Mihajilov-Krstev, T.,Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Nis (Serbia). Department of Biology and Ecology | Matovic, M.,Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Nis (Serbia). Department of Biology and Ecology | Stojanovic-Radic, Z.,Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Nis (Serbia). Department of Biology and Ecology
This paper presents the results of one-year study considering antimicrobial effect of forest species essential oils to the environment. Special attention has been payed to the activity of the species Juniperus communis L. and Mentha longifolia L. end Huds. The aerial parts of plants have been collected in Serbia. The analyses have shown that the major constituents of the oils were monoterpene hydrocarbons and phenolic monoterpenes, but the concentration of these compounds have varied greatly among the oils examined, The highest amount of antimicrobial metabolites - essential oils have been detected in the species Juniperus communis L. (up to 3%) and Mentha longifolia (up to 4%). The antimicrobial test results have shown that the forest species essential oils had a great potential of antimicrobial activity against all test-bacterial strains (of the most frequent bacterial species). The antifungal activities of these essential oils have not been recorded (against fungal species Aspergillus niger, Mucor sp., Trichoderma viride and T. harzionum) during this testing.
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