Antifungal Substances From Essential Oils

In vitro study of the antifungal activity of essential oils, plant extracts with MeOH : CHCl3, purerncompounds and, condensed smoke extracts were conducted using agar disc diffusion method.rnOut of these 14 showed strong, 13 medium and 23 showed no activities to the fungal pathogen ofrnAspergillus niger. The essential oil of Origanum vulgare (oregano), Thymus schimperi (Tosign),rnCymbopogon nardus (Citronella), Cymbopogon citratus (Lemongrass), Trachyspermum ammirn(Nech azmud) and Eucalyptus citriodora showed strong inhibition zones compared to thernessential oils and extracts. The GC and GC/MS analysis of essential oils revealed thatrnO. vulgare contained thymol (56%) and carvacrol (43.5%), T. schimperi contained thymolrn(56.5%), linalool (18.5%), and carvacrol (8.9%) and T. ammi contained γ-terpinene (42%),rnthymol (26.2%), p-cymene (26.8%), and β-pinene (2.8%)

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