Chemical compositions and antibacterial activities of five selected aromatic plants essential oils against food-borne pathogens and spoilage bacteria

Fumigant Antifungal Activity via Reactive Oxygen Species of Thymus vulgaris and Satureja hortensis Essential Oils and Constituents against Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae and Rhizoctonia solani

“…The composition of carvacrol was low in all analyzed thyme oils. Although a few differences were observed in the chemical composition of the components in summer savory and thyme white essential oils between our study and prior studies [18,19], the major components were the same. The dates of harvest, storage period, extraction method, or climate could influence the chemical compositions of plant essential oils [19,20].…”

“…Other compounds, such as β -caryophyllene, camphene, and limonene were less than 2% each. The chemical compositions of summer savory and thyme white have been reported [18,19]. Moosavi-Nasab et al [18] reported that the main components of S. hortensis oil were carvacrol at 54.7% and γ -terpinene at 26.9%.…”

Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities of Ten Commercially Available Essential Oils

“…As mentioned before, the results regarding Chinese cinnamon should be carefully interpreted. To our knowledge, this is the first description of ajowan essential oil activity against the tested MRSA strains, LMG 15975 and 16217, although previous literature already mentioned an antibacterial activity against E. coli LMG 8223 [ 27 , 28 ], P. aeruginosa LMG 6395 [ 28 , 29 , 30 ] and MSSA LMG 8064 [ 31 ], as observed in the present study. For the Chinese cinnamon, who is cytotoxic in both tested cell lines, our results presented a better MIC than the one described by Kaskatepe et al (2016) [ 32 ] against the same strain of P. aeruginosa LMG 6395 and the one described against E. coli LMG 8223 [ 33 , 34 ].…”

Medicinal Plants of the Family Lamiaceae in Pain Therapy: A Review

“…The determination of the chemical composition belonging to essential oils for the following 14 species of the Lamiaceae family of plants: Hyptis pectinata [ 357 ], Lavandula angustifolia [ 349 ], Lavandula officinalis [ 356 ], Leonurus cardiaca [ 290 ], Lamium purpureum [ 357 ], Melissa officinalis [ 358 ], Mentha spicata [ 359 ], Marrubium vulgare [ 360 ], Origanum vulgare [ 361 ], Ocimum basilicum [ 362 ], Rosmarinus officinalis [ 363 ], Salvia officinalis [ 364 ], Satureja hortensis , and Thymus vulgaris [ 365 ], included in most of the scientific articles follow the same steps: (i) collection of flowering aerial parts and drying of the plant material, (ii) hydrodistillation of the dried plant material using a Clevenger apparatus for 1 to 5 hours, (iii) drying the essential oil using anhydrous sodium sulfate (Na 2 SO 4 ), storing the essential oil in the dark at 4°C, i.v. injection of 0.1–1 μ l of the essential oil in the capillary column of a gas chromatograph, and separation of the chemical compounds, (v) ionization and detection of each volatile substance in a mass spectrometer, and (vi) identification of the components performed based on their retention indices established in relation with a series of n -alkanes (C 8 –C 32 ) and based on the mass spectra stored in NIST 21, NIST 107, Wiley spectral libraries, or reported in scientific articles.…”