Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Foeniculum vulgare and Crithmum maritimum Essential Oils

Ruberto, Giuseppe; Baratta, M. Tiziana; Deans, Stanley G.; Dorman, H. J. Damien

doi:10.1055/s-2000-9773

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“…This lower sensitivity of Gram negative organisms has been related to the presence of an outer membrane surrounding their cell wall, which restricts the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds through its lipopolyssacharide covering (34). It has been reported that among Gram negative bacteria, P. aeruginosa appears to be least sensitive to essential oils (18,21,38). Therefore, this behavior was not observed in our study, because P. aeruginosa showed an MIC value similar to other Gram negative assayed bacteria, as well as did not develop smallest inhibition zones.…”

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confidence: 41%

Sensitivity of spoiling and pathogen food-related bacteria to Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Souza¹,

Stamford²,

Lima³

2006

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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Origanum vulgare L. (oregano), Lamiaceae, has been known as plant specie with prominent biological properties for a long time. This study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Origanum vulgare essential oil on various Gram-positive and Gram-negative spoiling and/or pathogen food-related bacteria, as well as to observe its antimicrobial effectiveness in a food conservation micromodel. The results showed a strong antibacterial activity of the assayed essential oil noted by large growth inhibition zones (30-37 mm). MIC values were between 20-40 µL/mL for the most bacteria strains. Essential oil was able to cause significant (P<0.05) inhibitory effect on the bacteria viability providing a bacteriostatic effect after 24hours of exposure. In addition, the MIC provided a significant (P<0.05) decrease of the autochthonous bacterial flora in ground meat samples stored under refrigeration. These results support the possibility of using Origanum vulgare essential oil as alternative antimicrobial compound in food conservation systems.

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 41%

Sensitivity of spoiling and pathogen food-related bacteria to Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Souza¹,

Stamford²,

Lima³

2006

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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“…O óleo das folhas possui estragol, alfa-felandreno, limoneno e fenchona (Garcia et al, 2000). Dados farmacológicos: O óleo volátil apresenta ação antioxidante (Oktay et al, 2003;Ruberto et al, 2000), hepatoprotetora (Ozbek et al, 2003), espasmolítica (Amjad, 2000), antibacteriana (Daswani;Bohra, 2002;Ruberto et al;2000) e antifúngica (Ezzat, 2001). Extratos aquoso e etanólico dos frutos mostraram atividade antioxidante (Oktay et al, 2003), diurética (Beaux et al, 1997;Tanira et al, 1996), analgésica, antipirética (Tanira et al, 1996), colagoga e antibacteriana (Daswani;Bohra, 2002;Tanira et al, 1996), sem apresentar toxicidade ou efeito genotóxico, em camundongos (Shah et al, 1991).…”

Section: Foeniculum Vulgare Mill (Apiaceae) -Constituintes Químicosunclassified

Dados químicos e farmacológicos sobre as plantas utilizadas como medicinais pela comunidade do bairro Ponta Grossa, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Vendruscolo¹,

Rates²,

Mentz³

2005

Rev. bras. farmacogn.

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Para estas espécies foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfi ca, buscando estudos sobre sua constituição química e atividade farmacológica. Para todas as espécies foram encontrados dados químicos e para nove delas dados de atividade farmacológica. Foram encontrados estudos clínicos para quatro espécies e usos terapêuticos aprovados por organismos internacionais para três espécies. Efeitos adversos foram encontrados, na literatura, para cinco das dez espécies pesquisadas e para seis destas, o uso durante a gestação é desaconselhado.Unitermos: Etnobotânica, plantas medicinais, farmacologia.ABSTRACT: "Chemical and pharmacologic data on medicinal plants used by the community of the Ponta Grossa neighborhood, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil". The ten most important species among all plants used as medicinal by the residents and Communitary Agents of Health from the Family Health Offi ce of Ponta Grossa neighborhood, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil were selected. A bibliographical review for these species was accomplished, fi nding studies about the chemical constitution for all species and some pharmacologic activity for nine of them. Clinical studies for four species and therapeutic uses approved by international organisms for three species were found. It was verifi ed that according to the literature, adverse effects for fi ve of the ten researched species and for six of these the use is dissuaded during the gestation.Keywords: Ethnobotany, medicinal plants, pharmacology. INTRODUÇÃONo Brasil, a possibilidade de implementação da fi toterapia no sistema público de saúde vem sendo considerada desde 1988 (CIPLAN) e faz parte das diretrizes da I Conferência Nacional de Assistência Farmacêutica (CNMAF, 2003). A partir de então, várias inicativas pontuais para estabelecer a fi toterapia na rede pública de sáude vêm ocorrendo, com destaque para o Programa de Fitoterapia do Ceará, alicerçado no Projeto Farmácias Vivas, idealizado pelo Prof. Francisco José de Abreu Matos (Matos et al., 2001). No entanto, para a maioria das plantas nativas não existem estudos científi cos e o uso no Brasil é baseado principalmente na tradicionalidade. A OMS reconhece a importância do uso tradicional, mas para a utilização de uma planta com fi nalidade terapêutica, em nível de saúde pública, é fundamental o estabelecimento de sua segurança, efi cácia e garantia de qualidade das preparações (Lapa et al., 2003; WHO, 2002;Rates, 2001). O uso inadequado destes recursos terapêuticos pode originar efeitos adversos retardados e/ou assintomáticos, interações medicamentosas ainda não estudadas e difi cilmente reconhecidas, além de retardar o diagnóstico e tratamento apropriado (Cañigueral; Vila, 2003;Rates, 2001). Nestes termos, o emprego no atendimento primário à saúde pode gerar um impacto social (Lapa et al., 2003), com aumento de gastos nos serviços públicos de saúde, visto que as plantas com maior volume de estudos científi cos que garantam efi cácia e segurança constituem matéria-prima importada, o que torna urgente a busca de inform...

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“…The strain with the lowest susceptibility was P. aeruginosa (MIC=MBC=50 μl/ml). This strain is very resistant to most of the essential oils, owing to the hydrophilicity of its cell membrane surface [18][19][20][21]. Except for the strains K. pneumoniae and S. aureus, the oil had both inhibitory and bactericidal effect at the same concentration (MIC=MBC).…”

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

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Essential oil of Satureja hortensis L. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS and tested by a broth micro-well dilution method for activity against multiresistant clinical isolates of pathogenic bacteria from 10 different genera: Klebsiella, Escherichia, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Enterobacter, Citrobacter and Acinetobacter. The main compounds in the oil were carvacrol (67%), γ-terpinene (15.3%) and p-cymene (6.73%). The oil showed activity against all tested strains. MIC/MBC values were in the range of 0.78-25 μl/ml, with the exception of the strain P. aeruginosa. Microbicidal concentration for this particular strain (50 μl/ml) was the highest tested concentration. The oil showed inhibitory and bactericidal effect at the same concentration (MIC=MBC) for all but three strains.

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Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activity of Foeniculum vulgare and Crithmum maritimum Essential Oils

Cited by 428 publications

References 12 publications

Sensitivity of spoiling and pathogen food-related bacteria to Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Sensitivity of spoiling and pathogen food-related bacteria to Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) essential oil

Dados químicos e farmacológicos sobre as plantas utilizadas como medicinais pela comunidade do bairro Ponta Grossa, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

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