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Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Thymus and Mentha Species and Their Antifungal Activities

The potential antifungal effects of Thymus vulgaris L., Thymus tosevii L., Mentha spicata L., and Mentha piperita L. (Labiatae) essential oils and their components against 17 micromycetal food poisoning, plant, animal and human pathogens are presented. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodestil...

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Autores principales: Soković, Marina D., Vukojević, Jelena, Marin, Petar D., Brkić, Dejan D., Vajs, Vlatka, van Griensven, Leo J. L. D.
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Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19136911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14010238
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author Soković, Marina D.
Vukojević, Jelena
Marin, Petar D.
Brkić, Dejan D.
Vajs, Vlatka
van Griensven, Leo J. L. D.
author_facet Soković, Marina D.
Vukojević, Jelena
Marin, Petar D.
Brkić, Dejan D.
Vajs, Vlatka
van Griensven, Leo J. L. D.
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description The potential antifungal effects of Thymus vulgaris L., Thymus tosevii L., Mentha spicata L., and Mentha piperita L. (Labiatae) essential oils and their components against 17 micromycetal food poisoning, plant, animal and human pathogens are presented. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodestillation of dried plant material. Their composition was determined by GC-MS. Identification of individual constituents was made by comparison with analytical standards, and by computer matching mass spectral data with those of the Wiley/NBS Library of Mass Spectra. MIC’s and MFC’s of the oils and their components were determined by dilution assays. Thymol (48.9%) and p-cymene (19.0%) were the main components of T. vulgaris, while carvacrol (12.8%), α-terpinyl acetate (12.3%), cis-myrtanol (11.2%) and thymol (10.4%) were dominant in T. tosevii. Both Thymus species showed very strong antifungal activities. In M. piperita oil menthol (37.4%), menthyl acetate (17.4%) and menthone (12.7%) were the main components, whereas those of M. spicata oil were carvone (69.5%) and menthone (21.9%). Mentha sp. showed strong antifungal activities, however lower than Thymus sp. The commercial fungicide, bifonazole, used as a control, had much lower antifungal activity than the oils and components investigated. It is concluded that essential oils of Thymus and Mentha species possess great antifungal potential and could be used as natural preservatives and fungicides.
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spelling pubmed-62538252018-11-30 Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Thymus and Mentha Species and Their Antifungal Activities Soković, Marina D. Vukojević, Jelena Marin, Petar D. Brkić, Dejan D. Vajs, Vlatka van Griensven, Leo J. L. D. Molecules Article The potential antifungal effects of Thymus vulgaris L., Thymus tosevii L., Mentha spicata L., and Mentha piperita L. (Labiatae) essential oils and their components against 17 micromycetal food poisoning, plant, animal and human pathogens are presented. The essential oils were obtained by hydrodestillation of dried plant material. Their composition was determined by GC-MS. Identification of individual constituents was made by comparison with analytical standards, and by computer matching mass spectral data with those of the Wiley/NBS Library of Mass Spectra. MIC’s and MFC’s of the oils and their components were determined by dilution assays. Thymol (48.9%) and p-cymene (19.0%) were the main components of T. vulgaris, while carvacrol (12.8%), α-terpinyl acetate (12.3%), cis-myrtanol (11.2%) and thymol (10.4%) were dominant in T. tosevii. Both Thymus species showed very strong antifungal activities. In M. piperita oil menthol (37.4%), menthyl acetate (17.4%) and menthone (12.7%) were the main components, whereas those of M. spicata oil were carvone (69.5%) and menthone (21.9%). Mentha sp. showed strong antifungal activities, however lower than Thymus sp. The commercial fungicide, bifonazole, used as a control, had much lower antifungal activity than the oils and components investigated. It is concluded that essential oils of Thymus and Mentha species possess great antifungal potential and could be used as natural preservatives and fungicides. Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2009-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6253825/ /pubmed/19136911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14010238 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Soković, Marina D.
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Marin, Petar D.
Brkić, Dejan D.
Vajs, Vlatka
van Griensven, Leo J. L. D.
Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Thymus and Mentha Species and Their Antifungal Activities
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title_fullStr Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Thymus and Mentha Species and Their Antifungal Activities
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title_short Chemical Composition of Essential Oils of Thymus and Mentha Species and Their Antifungal Activities
title_sort chemical composition of essential oils of thymus and mentha species and their antifungal activities
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19136911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules14010238
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