Antibacterial activity of the essential oils of endemic plants

Journal of Medicinal Herbs, "J. Med Herb" (Formerly known as Journal of Herbal Drugs or J. Herb Drug)

مقاله 6، دوره 3، شماره 1، تیر 2012، صفحه 35-40   

نوع مقاله: Original article

نویسندگان

Shohreh Dadfar¹؛ Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti^{* 2}؛ Maryam Mirlohi³؛ Mohammad Hojatolelsami¹؛ Behzad Hamedi²

¹Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad ‎University, P O Box: ‎‏166‏‎, Shahrekord, Iran;

²Department of Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad ‎University, P O Box: ‎‏166‏‎, Shahrekord, Iran;

³Food Security Research Centre, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran;

چکیده

Background & Aim: Secondary metabolites with bioactive and functional properties in essence of aromatic plants can be useful for improvement of quality and persistence of food as natural preservative.  The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial of essential oils of some of the medicinal plants collected from Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
Experimental: The essential oil of Iranian medicinal plants including Thymus daenensis Celak, T. carmanicus Jalals, Satureja bachtiarica Bunge, S. khuzestanica Jamzad and S hortensis L (Lamiceae) and Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff and Heracleum lasiopetalum Boiss were collected from southwest Iran. Plant materials were subjected to hydro-distillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus according to the method recommended in BT. The antibacterial activity of the essential oils against Pseudomonas aeruginosa was tested by agar disc diffusion.
Results & Discussion: The results showed that almost studied essential oils from seven herbs showed antibacterial activity. The essential oils of various species of Lamiaceae have higher antibacterial activity than Apieacea species.
Industrial and practical recommendations: In finally, the results obtained appeared to confirm the antibacterial potential of the plants investigated. Satureja species (savory) essential oils can be replaced the natural flavor preservative by synthetic preservative in food industry especially in production of meat.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Essential oil؛ Endemic plants؛ Savory؛ Antibacterial

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