Antifungal efficacy of thymol, carvacrol, eugenol and menthol as alternative agents to control the growth of food-relevant fungi

This work is an attempt to examine the antifungal activity of thymol, carvacrol, eugenol and menthol against 11 food-decaying fungi. The susceptibility test for the compounds was carried out in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) using microdilu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal de mycologie médicale 2014-06, Vol.24 (2), p.e51-e56
Hauptverfasser:	Abbaszadeh, S., Sharifzadeh, A., Shokri, H., Khosravi, A.R., Abbaszadeh, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antifungal Agents - pharmacology Aspergillus Aspergillus - drug effects Aspergillus - growth & development Carvacrol Cladosporium De champignons Eugenol Eugenol - pharmacology Food Microbiology Foodborne Fungi Fungi - drug effects Fungi - growth & development Fusarium - drug effects Fusarium - growth & development Le thymol Menthol Menthol - pharmacology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Monoterpenes - pharmacology Penicillium - drug effects Penicillium - growth & development Thymol Thymol - pharmacology Toxi-infections alimentaires
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Zusammenfassung:	This work is an attempt to examine the antifungal activity of thymol, carvacrol, eugenol and menthol against 11 food-decaying fungi. The susceptibility test for the compounds was carried out in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) using microdilution method in 96 multi-well microtiter plates. Results indicated that all compounds were effective to varying extents against various fungal isolates, with the highest efficacy displayed by carvacrol (mean MIC value: 154.5μg/mL) (P
ISSN:	1156-5233 1773-0449
DOI:	10.1016/j.mycmed.2014.01.063