Antimicrobial activity of limonene
2003
Rancic, A., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Sokovic, M., Institute for Biological Research Sinisa Stankovic, Belgrade (Serbia) | Van Griensven, L., Plant Research International, Wageningen (Netherlands) | Vukojevic, J., University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Faculty of Biology. Institute of Botany | Brkic, D., Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels (Belgium). Department of Analytical Chemistry, Drug Analysis and Pharmacognosy | Ristic, M., Institute for Medicinal Plant Research Dr Josif Pancic, Belgrade (Serbia)
In this research we investigated antibacterial and antifungal activities of limonene against 7 bacterial and 19 fungal species. Antibacterial activity and Candida albicans were investigated by on TLC plates, while antifungal activity was tested by micro- and macrodilution tests. Limonene showed antimicrobial activities against all microorganisms tested. The best results were obtained against Micrococcus luteus, Streptococcus epidermidis, S. aureus and Salmonella typhimurium, in concentration of 5 microl. Limonene exhibited antifungal activity in concentration of 8.0 - 13.0 microl/ml in microdilution and 6.0-10.0 microl/ml in microdilution method.
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