Antimicrobial Testings and Gas Chromatographic Analyses of Aroma Chemicals

Chemical profiling of Elaeocarpus serratus L. by GC-MS

“…The anti-fungal activity of farnesol has also been reported [17] . Citronellyl isobutyrate is an ester of propanoic acid which is widely used as flavoring agent and is known to possess insect repellent and antimicrobial properties [18][19][20] .…”

Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review

“…Strong in vitro evidence indicates that essential oils can act as antibacterial agents against a wide spectrum of pathogenic bacterial strains including Listeria monocytogenes, L. innocua, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shigella dysenteria, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium (Schmidt et al, 2005;Jirovetz et al 2005;Burt, 2004;Dadalioglu and Evrendilek, 2004;Nguefack et al, 2004;Hulin et al, 1998) and many more (Deans and Ritchie, 1987). Thyme and oregano essential oils can inhibit some pathogenic bacterial strains such as E. coli, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella choleraesuis and Salmonella typhimurium (Penalver et al, 2005), with the inhibition directly correlated to the phenolic components carvacrol and thymol.…”

Effects of scents on airborne microbes, part I: thymol, eugenol, trans‐cinnamaldehyde and linalool

“…Although the antimicrobial (antibacterial and antifungal) effects of the four aroma chemicals thymol, eugenol, trans-cinnamaldehyde and linalool are well known and have been the subject of many studies, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] very little is yet known about the antimicrobial effects of scents on airborne microbes. To our great surprise, only two relatively old publications are available; in 1936, Risler 15 tested the antimicrobial effect of essential oil vapours, and in 1954 Kellner and Kober 16 examined the influence of several essential oils and aroma chemicals on airborne microbes.…”