scholarly journals Antifungal activity of plant essential oils and Pseudomonas chlororaphis strains against Cercospora beticola Sacc.

Author(s):  
Mira Starovic ◽  
Danijela Ristic ◽  
Snezana Pavlovic ◽  
Mehmet Mozkan ◽  
Dragana Josic

Leaf spot disease caused by Cercospora beticola Sacc. is the most destructive foliar disease of beet. Cercospora leaf spot is controlled primarily by fungicides because the non-chemical alternatives do not provide commercially viable control. One of the ways of reducing chemical application is the use of different essential oils (EOs) or antagonistic plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPB). This study evaluates several EOs and PGPB belonging to Pseudomonas chlororaphis as possible control agents of this pathogen. Antifungal properties were determined by in vitro microdilution method against five C. beticola monosporial isolates originated from the locality Brus, Serbia (53?53? N, 21?04?E and 429 m above sea level) using EOs from medicinal plants: Turkish pickling herb (Echinophora tenuifolia), oregano (Origanum vulgare), basil (Ocimum basilicum), and myrtle (Myrtus communis) obtained by a hydro-distillation method. All tested oils displayed some antifungal activity against the fungal isolates. Origanum vulgare EO demonstrated the strongest antifungal activity (MIC - 0.0055?0.0051mg/mL), Ocimum basilicum slightly lower (MIC - 0.075?0.045mg/mL), followed by Myrtus communis (MIC - 0.775?0.045 mg/ mL) and Echinophora tenuifolia (MIC - 7.75?4.5 mg/mL). Five tested P. chlororaphis strains exhibited some antagonistic effect against C. beticola. Overnight culture (ONC) of P. chlororaphis strain E65 induced the highest percentage of inhibition (75.8%), followed by N3 (72.0%). A cell-free supernatant (CFS) and the CFS treated with EDTA (CFS-EDTA) of these strains showed similar inhibition of 60.2 and 56.0%, and both strains suppressed C. beticola growth. P. chlororaphis strains M1 and K113 also reduced the fungal growth by 67-70% using ONC and between 48-57% using different CFS fractions. The strains L1 and B25 caused inhibition of 60% using ONC and 50% by CFS. The lowest inhibition (~40%) by CFS-EDTA and heat-treated cell-free supernatant (HT-CFS) was recorded for B25, which was used as a reference strain. The tested isolates of C. beticola were susceptible to all selected essential oils and P. chlororaphis strains E25, N3, M1, and K113 in vitro, making them a promising non-chemical control agent. It is recommended that these findings should be tested in field conditions.

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (20) ◽  
pp. 2245-2250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brum Cleff Marlete ◽  
Madrid Isabel ◽  
Raquel Meinerz Ana ◽  
Carlos Arauacute jo Meireles Maacute rio ◽  
Roberto Braga de Mello Joatilde o ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Baj ◽  
Anna Biernasiuk ◽  
Rafał Wróbel ◽  
Anna Malm

AbstractThe purpose of this research was to investigate the chemical composition of essential oils (EOs) from: Origanum vulgare L., Satureja hortensis L., Thymus serpyllum L. and Thymus vulgaris L. (Lamiaceae) cultivated in Poland, and to study their antifungal activity towards clinical isolates of oral Candida spp. The hydrodistilled essential oils were analyzed using the GC-MS method. The antifungal activity was evaluated in vitro against oral isolates and reference strains of Candida albicans and C. glabrata, using the broth microdilution method according to the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) and Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines, allowing for estimation of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC). GC-MS analysis revealed that carvacrol was the main EO compound in oregano and summer savory, while thymol and linalool were the major ingredients of thyme and wild thyme oils, respectively. The EOs possessed fungicidal activity against C. albicans and C. glabrata, including oral isolates, with MIC = 125 – 2000 mg/L, MFC = 250 – 4000 mg/L and MFC/MIC = 1 – 4, depending on the yeast and plant species. The most active was thyme oil – with MIC = 125 – 500 mg/L, MFC = 250 – 500 mg/L and MFC/MIC = 1 – 2.


2013 ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dafina Delic ◽  
Jelica Skrobonja ◽  
Maja Karaman ◽  
Milan Matavulj ◽  
Mirjana Bogavac

Due to general growing resistance and side effects to common antifungal drugs nowadays, there have been many studies reported on the use of herbal essential oils as antifungal agents in recent years. In this study, essential oils of Origanum vulgare and Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae) were examined for their in vitro antifungal activity against three Candida albicans strains (laboratory - CAL, human pulmonary - CAH, and reference ATCC10231-CAR) in comparison to Nystatin (0.30 mg/ml) and Fluconazole (2 mg/ml) as standard antifungal agents. The antifungal activity was evaluated by comparing inhibition zone diameters obtained both by disc-and well-diffusion assays, as well as by comparing MIC and MBC values detected by microdilution assay. Diffusion test results revealed stronger antifungal effect of O. vulgare against all analyzed C. albicans strains identifying CAL strain as the most susceptible one. Inhibition zones ranged from 12.65 to 25.10 mm depending on the concentrations applied. The highest concentrations of Rosemary essential oil (5.00 mg/ml) demonstrated activity against two strains: CAL and CAR ATCC 10231 in both diffusion assays applied, while no antifungal activity was recorded against CAH isolate. Microdilution assay showed that both oils demonstrated the same MIC values for all tested strains (0.11 mg/ml), except MIC value against ATCC strain (0.23 mg/ml) obtained for Rosemary essential oil. The obtained results indicated that oregano and rosemary essential oils might be highly effective in the natural prevention treatment of candidiasis, although toxicity assays should be previously preformed.


Author(s):  
Gerardo Jiménez-Penago ◽  
Roberto González-Garduño ◽  
Luciano Martínez-Bolaños ◽  
Ema Maldonado-Siman ◽  
Alvar A. Cruz-Tamayo ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina M. Bedoya-Serna ◽  
Gustavo C. Dacanal ◽  
Andrezza M. Fernandes ◽  
Samantha C. Pinho

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagarjuna Reddy Desam ◽  
Abdul Jabbar Al-Rajab ◽  
Mukul Sharma ◽  
Mary Moses Mylabathula ◽  
Ramachandra Reddy Gowkanapalli ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Ismail M. Helal ◽  
Ashraf El-Bessoumy ◽  
Erwah Al-Bataineh ◽  
Martin R.P. Joseph ◽  
Parassena Rajagopalan ◽  
...  

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a recurring global problem, which constantly demands new antimicrobial compounds to challenge the resistance. It is well known that essential oils (EOs) have been known for biological activities including antimicrobial properties. In this study, EOs from seven aromatic plants of Asir region of southwestern Saudi Arabia were tested for their antimicrobial efficacy against four drug resistant pathogenic bacterial isolates (Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Escherichia coli and Streptococcus typhimurium) and one fungal isolate (Candida albicans). Chemical compositions of EOs were determined by Gas chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). The results revealed that EOs from Mentha cervina, Ocimum basilicum and Origanum vulgare proved most active against all isolates with inhibitory zone range between17 to 45 mm.  The lowest minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 0.025mg/ml was observed for Staph. aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes with EO of Origanum vulgare. All the three EOs showed significant anti candida activity. Together form the results the EOs from Mentha cervina, Ocimum basilicum and Origanum vulgare demonstrated a significant antimicrobial efficacy against drug resistant microorganisms.


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