Chemical composition, antioxidative, antibacterial, and time-kill activities of some selected plant essential oils against foodborne pathogenic and spoilage organisms
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10.30466/vrf.2018.91902.2223چکیده
Essential oils (EOs) have been utilized as a growth inhibitor of microorganisms. This study was aimed to recognize the composition, antioxidative, antibacterial, and time-kill activities of Origanum vulgare , Zataria multiflora , Syzygium aromaticum ; and Cinnamomum verum EOs against Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Shewanella putrefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens . Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to determine the chemical composition of EOs. Disc diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum bactericidal concentration, and time-kill methods were used to determine the antibacterial activity of EOs. The antioxidative activity of EOs were determined by 2, 20-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging and ferric reducing antioxidative power methods. All EOs exhibited antibacterial activity, however, Z. multiflora EO was the most effective followed by O. vulgare EO . The lowest antibacterial activity was observed in C. verum EO. The most sensitive among tested bacteria to Z. multiflora and O. vulgare EOs was E. coli O157:H7 and to S. aromaticum ; and C. verum EOs were S. putrefaciens and P. fluorescens , respectively . Z. multiflora and O. vulgare EOs were able to kill 85.00% and 80.00% of the E. coli O157: H7 and S. putrefaciens cells in 4 hr, respectively. The highest antioxidative activity was observed in Z. multiflora EO. The tested EOs showed the highest antioxidative activity at a concentration of 2.00 g L -1 . Ferric reducing antioxidant power value of Z. multiflora, O. vulgare , S. aromaticum and C. verum was 2.01 ± 0.03, 1.47 ± 0.04, 1.01 ± 0.03, and 0.66 ± 0.34, respectively. High concentrations of tested EOs showed a decrease in antioxidative activity.