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Antifungal Effects of Thyme, Agastache and Satureja Essential Oils on Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium solani

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Abdulghaffar Ownagh Ownagh 1
Abbas Hasani 2
Karim Mardani 3
Samira Ebrahimzadeh 4

1 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

2 Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, and Department of Medicinal & Industerial plant, Institute of Biotechnology, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

3 Department of Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

4 DVM student,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

Abstract
Growth inhibition of Aspergillus fumigatus,Aspergillus flavus and Fusarum solani exposed to the essential oils including Thyme, Agastache and Satureja were studied. Disc Diffusion Method was used to evaluate the fungal growth inhibitory effects of the essential oils. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC) of the oils were determined and compared with each other. The results showed that all three essential oils examined, had antifungal effects against three fungi species. The MIC data revealed that Thyme oil was the most effective essential oil with the MIC of 62.5 μl ml-1.

Keywords

Essential oils
Antifungal
A. fumigatus
A. flavus
F. solani
Veterinary Research Forum
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
September 2010
Pages 99-105

  • Receive Date 25 December 2012

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