Turkish Journal of Biology
DOI
10.3906/biy-0912-30
Abstract
The essential oils obtained from Anethum graveolens, Foeniculum vulgare collected at fully-mature and flowering stages, Mentha piperita, Mentha spicata, Lavandula officinalis, Ocimum basilicum (green- and purple-leaf varieties), Origanum onites, O. vulgare, O. munitiflorum, O. majorana, Rosmarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis, and Satureja cuneifolia, as well as the widely encountered components in essential oils (\gamma-terpinene, 4-allylanisole, (-)-carvone, dihydrocarvone, D-limonene, (-)-phencone, cuminyl alcohol, cuminyl aldehyde, cuminol, trans-anethole, camphene, isoborneol, (-)-borneol, L-bornyl acetate, 2-decanol, 2-heptanol, methylheptane, farnesol, nerol, isopulegol, citral, citronellal, citronellol, geraniol, geranyl ester, linalool, linalyl oxide, linalyl ester, \alpha-pinene, \beta-pinene, piperitone, (-)-menthol, isomenthone, carvacrol, thymol, vanillin, and eugenol), were screened for their antiviral activity against Herpes simplex type-1 (HSV-1) and parainfluenza type-3 (PI-3). Cytotoxicity was expressed as cytopathogenic effect. Most of the oils and compounds displayed strong antiviral effects against HSV-1, ranging between 0.8 and 0.025 µg mL^-^1. However, the samples tested were less effective against PI-3, with results ranging between 1.6 and 0.2 µg mL^-^1. The essential oil of A. graveolens was the most active. Most of the tested oils and compounds exhibited good antibacterial and antifungal effects.
Keywords
Essential oil, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, cytotoxicity
First Page
239
Last Page
246
Recommended Citation
ORHAN, İLKAY ERDOĞAN; ÖZÇELİK, BERRİN; KARTAL, MURAT; and KAN, YÜKSEL
(2012)
"Antimicrobial and antiviral effects of essential oils from selected Umbelliferae and Labiatae plants and individual essential oil components,"
Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 36:
No.
3, Article 1.
https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-0912-30
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol36/iss3/1