| Titre : | Antimicrobial activities of essential oils of mint and peppermint as well as some of their main compounds |
| Auteurs : | Leopold Jirovetz, Auteur ; Gerhard Buchbauer, Auteur ; Stefanie Bail, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | The journal of essential oil research (Vol. 21 N° 4, Juillet/Août 2009) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 363-366 |
| Note générale : | Génie Chimique |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 646 |
| Tags : | Mentha canadensis piperita Lamiaceae Essential oil composition Menthol Menthone Antimicrobial activity Menthyl acetate 1,8-cineole Limonene β ; -pinene β ; -caryophyllene Eugenol |
| Résumé : |
The oil of peppermint (Mentha x piperita L.) from the USA, a dementholized cornmint oil (M. canadensis L.), and a fraction of the dementholized cornmint oil were analyzed by GC-FID and GC/MS.
The main constituents of the three samples analyzed were menthone (23.4%, 20.4% and 58.3%, respectively) and menthol (40.7%, 41.2% and 12.3%, respectively). The two oils, the cornmint oil fraction and seven mint oil compounds [(-)-menthol, (-)-menthone, (+/-)-menthyl acetate, 1,8-cineole, limonene, β-pinene and β-caryophyllene] were investigated for their antimicrobial effects against two Gram-positive bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis), five Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Salmonella sp.) and the yeast Candida albicans using a modified agar dilution and agar diffusion method. Medium to high antimicrobial effects were found for both oils, the dementholized cornmint oil fraction, and the target-compounds against all Gram-positive bacteria, whereas against the Gram-negative bacteria and the yeast, one or more samples showed only weak or no activity. |
| DEWEY : | 665 |
| ISSN : | 1041-2905 |
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