Use of Essential Oils of the Genus <i>Citrus</i>as Biocidal Agents

• 作者: Camila M. O. de Azeredo Juliana Maria Valério Resende Leonardo M. A. Rodrigues Luís R. Batista Marcos S. Gomes Maria das G. Cardoso Maurilio J. Soares Milene A. Andrade Samísia M. F. Machado
• 来源期刊: 美国植物学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Volatile Essential Oil TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI GRAM-NEGATIVE Bactéria Funghi Antimicrobial
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（3）
• 页码范围: 299-305
• 页数: 7页
• 分类号: R28

摘要

In this study, the essential oils extracted from the peels of Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus limon and Citrus sinensis were chemically characterized and quantified. These essential oils and their standards limonene, citral and limonene + citral were evaluated (at concentrations ranging from 500 to 3.91 mL·mL-1) regarding their anti-trypanosome, antifungal and antibacterial activities. The chemical identification and quantification (by GC/FID and GC/MS) displayed the limonene as the major component of the three essential oils. It did not verified anti-trypanosome activity for all treatments. Regarding antimicrobial activity, the results were satisfactory against Gram-negative bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria. monocytogenes and Salmonella cholerasuis) and funghi (Aspergillus niger, A. flavus and A. carbonarius), except for the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which showed no inhibition for any treatment used.