Inhibitory effects of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil on growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus

Razzaghi-Abyaneh, Mehdi; Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Masoomeh; Yoshinari, Tomoya; Rezaee, Mohammad; Jaimand, Kamkar; Nagasawa, Hiromichi; Sakuda, Shohei

doi:10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.02.003

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“…The essential oil of summer savory (Satureja hortensis L.) inhibited the mycelial growth of phytopathogenic fungi Alternaria mali and Botrytis cinerea, and exhibited a fungicidal effect [7]. Also, the oil showed strong antifungal activity against A. flavus under in vitro, storage conditions [15], in liquid medium and in tomato paste [16] and inhibited the growth and aflatoxin (AFB1 and AFG1) production by A. parasiticus [17]. In this paper, 30 bacterial clinical isolates from 10 genera were tested by the antibiogram method, using 15 standard antibiotics.…”

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

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Essential oil of Satureja hortensis L. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS and tested by a broth micro-well dilution method for activity against multiresistant clinical isolates of pathogenic bacteria from 10 different genera: Klebsiella, Escherichia, Proteus, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pseudomonas, Enterococcus, Enterobacter, Citrobacter and Acinetobacter. The main compounds in the oil were carvacrol (67%), γ-terpinene (15.3%) and p-cymene (6.73%). The oil showed activity against all tested strains. MIC/MBC values were in the range of 0.78-25 μl/ml, with the exception of the strain P. aeruginosa. Microbicidal concentration for this particular strain (50 μl/ml) was the highest tested concentration. The oil showed inhibitory and bactericidal effect at the same concentration (MIC=MBC) for all but three strains.

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“…the dominant component of this oil, carvacrol, is able to inhibit aflatoxin production by A. Parasiticus (23) and A. flavus in liquid medium and tomato paste (10,21). the same authors suggested that carvacrol may be useful to control aflatoxin contamination of susceptible crops in the field.…”

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Antimicrobial Activity ofSatureja HortensisL. Essential Oil Against Pathogenic Microbial Strains

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2009

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“…The dominant component of this oil, carvacrol, is capable of inhibiting aflatoxin production by A. parasiticus (Razzaghi-Abyaneh et al, 2008) and A. flavus in a liquid medium and tomato paste (Dikbas et al, 2008;Omidbaigi et al, 2005). The same authors suggested that carvacrol could be useful in controlling aflatoxin contamination of susceptible crops.…”

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“…Pharmacological and biological investigations have justified the traditional application of Satureja hortensis as a natural source of compounds for food conservation, as well as in the treatment of ailments including inflammatory diseases, cramps, muscle pains, nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, and infectious diseases due to its antispasmodic, anti-diarrheal, antioxidant, antibacterial and antifungal properties as reported in literature (Adiguzel et al, 2007;Dikbas et al, 2008;Güllüce et al, 2003;Hajhashemi et al, 2000;Heydari et al, 2011;Mihajilov-Krstev et al, 2010;Razzaghi-Abyaneh et al, 2008;Şahin et al, 2003). The antimicrobial activity of S. hortensis extract has also been reported in previous studies.…”

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Antifungal activity of Satureja hortensis alcoholic extract against Aspergillus and Candida species

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Ghabaie²,

Heshmatian³

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J. Med. Plants Res.

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Pharmacological and biological investigations have justified the traditional application of Satureja hortensis as a natural source of compounds for food conservation, as well as in the treatment of ailments including inflammatory diseases, cramps, muscle pains, nausea, indigestion, diarrhea, and infectious diseases. Regarding to the low number of reports of Satureja hortensis antifungal activities, we focused on the inhibitory and fungicidal effects of the Satureja alcoholic extract on Candida and Aspergillus species. The subjects included patients with clinical isolates of Candida and Aspergillus obtained from UMSU University Hospital, Urmia, Iran. A total of 51 clinical isolates, including 31(60.8%) Candida albicans and 20(39.2%) Aspergillus species, respectively, were obtained. McFarland 0.5 solutions of the fungal isolates were treated with alcoholic (ethanol) extract of S. hortensis using 1-tube serial dilutions (MIC) and 2-agar serial dilutions (MFC). The Inhibitory range for Candida isolates was shown to be 1/20 to 1/320. Findings of MIC and MFC on Aspergillus isolates showed that the lowest effective concentration was detected at the dilution point of 1/80 (MIC=12.5 mg/ml). Also, we got the result of 24 hours as the best incubation time of treatment for all the Aspergillus isolates tested. Our findings showed that the alcoholic extract of S. hortensis is able to inhibit growth of some Candida and Aspergillus clinical isolates in vitro and also killed them in higher concentrations.

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Inhibitory effects of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil on growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus parasiticus

Cited by 131 publications

References 23 publications

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Satureja hortensis L. essential oil

Antimicrobial Activity ofSatureja HortensisL. Essential Oil Against Pathogenic Microbial Strains

Antifungal activity of Satureja hortensis alcoholic extract against Aspergillus and Candida species

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