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PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE ANTIMICROBIAL POTENTIAL OF SOME HERBAL ESENTIAL OILS


MARIA PRISECARU 1, DUMITRA RĂDUCANU 2, FLORIAN PRISECARU 3
1,2. University „Vasile Alecsandri” Bacau, Faculty of Biology, Marasesti Street, no. 157, Bacau, Romania,
e-mail: prisecaru_maria@yahoo.com;
e-mail: dumitra_manea@yahoo.com
3. Siret River Water Basin Administration, 1 Cuza Voda Street, Bacău City, Romania,
e-mail: prisecaru_florin@yahoo.com

Issue:

SCSB, Number 1, Volume XXIII

Section:

Volume 23, No. 1 - Vegetal Biology

Abstract:

Capabilities were tested antimicrobial essential oils of: fennel, lavender, peppermint, lemon, cumin, coriander, sage, pine, thyme, cedar, dill, basil, fir, eucalyptus, orange, chamomile, marigold, on human pathogenic bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp ., Shigella boydii, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus vulgaris, and Enterobacter sp. The results revealed that orange oil is effective for Escherichia coli and Salmonella sp., Enterobacter sp., is sensitive to oils dill and basil pine, Proteus vulgaris is sensitive to pine oil and dill, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa is sensitive only to dill oil.

Keywords:

essential oils, pathogenic bacteria, antimicrobial effect.

Code [ID]:

SCSB201401V23S01A0006 [0004116]

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