Bactericidal effects and time–kill studies of the essential oil from the fruits ofZanthoxylum limonellaon multi-drug resistant bacteria

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS FROM ZANTHOXYLUM RHETSA (ROXB.) DC AND ZANTHOXYLUM LIMONELLA ALSTON. Pg

“…The results from this study showed that essential oils from both species had broad spectrum antibacterial activity to Gram positive and negative bacteria. This is in accordance with other studies that showed broad spectrum antibacterial activity from these oils (Naik et al, 2015;Supabphol and Tangjitjareonkun, 2014;Tangjitjareonkun et al, 2012a). In this study, Z. rhetsa essential oil showed similar MIC/MBC level against all tested bacteria at 256/256 mg/mL while the essential oil from Z. limonella showed greater antibacterial activity with variable MIC/MBC levels ranging from 4-128/8-128.…”

“…Sabinene (47.12%) was found to be a major component from Z. rhetsa seed (Jirovetz et al, 1998) but terpinen-4-ol, sabinene and 1-beta-pinene (25.43, 16.50 and 10.40%, respectively) were found to be the major components (Naik et al, 2015). Components from Z. limonella from this study differ from 2 other reports even though the plant was collected from Thailand (Itthipanichpong et al, 2002;Tangjitjareonkun et al, 2012a). From this study, limonene was found to be the major component from Z. limonella (57.94%) which was almost 2 times higher than that was reported from another study (31.09%) (Itthipanichpong et al, 2002).…”

“…A previous study (Tangjitjareonkun et al, 2012a) presented antibacterial activity of from fruit of Z. limonella against 4 bacteria; B. subtilis ATCC 6633, S. aureus, E. coli ATCC 25922 and P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853. The crude oil had stronger antibacterial activity than the pure compounds (sabinene and terpinen-4-ol) but limonene had no antibacterial activity.…”

“…Its essential oils has anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic, antifungal, antibacterial and anesthetic properties (Nanasombat and Wimuttigosol, 2011). A previous study showed that sabinene (42.7%) and limonene (39.1%) were major components of Z. limonella fruit essential oil (Tangjitjareonkun et al, 2012a). A recent study showed that the major constituents presented in Z. rhetsa fruit essential oil were terpinen-4-ol (25.43%), sabinene (16.50%) and beta-pinene (10.40%) (Naik et al, 2015).…”

Chemical Constituents and Biological Activities of <i>Zanthoxylum limonella</i> (Rutaceae): A Review

“…Limonene (13) (31.09 %), terpinen-4-ol (14) (13.94 %) and sabinene (15) (9.13 %) were found to be the major components (Fig 6). Tangjitjaroenkun et al [34] (Fig 6) [34]. In another study, Jirovetz et al [35] collected Z. limonella seeds from Kerala, southern India, and extracted them by steam distillation method.…”