TY - JOUR
T1 - Volatile oil composition and antimicrobial activity of two Thymus species
AU - Hosseini Behbahani, Mojtaba
AU - Ghasemi, Younes
AU - Khoshnoud, Mohammad Javad
AU - Faridi, Pouya
AU - Moradli, Gholamali
AU - Montazeri Najafabady, Nima
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Background Medicinal plants have potential for using as antimicrobial agents against pathogens. In genus Thymus (Lamiaceae), phenolic compounds with terpene origin are responsible of these effects. Objective Evaluated essential oil constituents and antimicrobial activity of Thymus daenensis compared with Thymus vulgaris. Materials and methods Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger were used for antimicrobial activity assay with using disc diffusion technique. Volatiles oils compositions were analyzed by GC/MS. Results Escherichia coli was resistant to essential oils. Essential oil obtained from T. daenensis showed better antimicrobial activity than with T. vulgaris. Thymol (84.45%) and carvacrol (46.62%) were the main components of T. daenensis and T. vulgaris respectively. Conclusion The results showed that T. daenensis was more effective and could be an alternative for T. vulgaris. In addition, these essential oils could be used as natural antimicrobial agents.
AB - Background Medicinal plants have potential for using as antimicrobial agents against pathogens. In genus Thymus (Lamiaceae), phenolic compounds with terpene origin are responsible of these effects. Objective Evaluated essential oil constituents and antimicrobial activity of Thymus daenensis compared with Thymus vulgaris. Materials and methods Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger were used for antimicrobial activity assay with using disc diffusion technique. Volatiles oils compositions were analyzed by GC/MS. Results Escherichia coli was resistant to essential oils. Essential oil obtained from T. daenensis showed better antimicrobial activity than with T. vulgaris. Thymol (84.45%) and carvacrol (46.62%) were the main components of T. daenensis and T. vulgaris respectively. Conclusion The results showed that T. daenensis was more effective and could be an alternative for T. vulgaris. In addition, these essential oils could be used as natural antimicrobial agents.
KW - Antimicrobial and antifungal activity
KW - Essential oil
KW - Medicinal plants
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U2 - 10.1016/j.phcgj.2012.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.phcgj.2012.09.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84879945544
SN - 0975-3575
VL - 5
SP - 77
EP - 79
JO - Pharmacognosy Journal
JF - Pharmacognosy Journal
IS - 2
ER -