Antifungal effects of some essential oils on selected allergenic fungi in vitro
Ewa Dorota Zalewska
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-9808
Grażyna Zawiślak
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4332-8394
Rafał Papliński
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-5785
Magdalena Walasek-Janusz
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-2212
Robert Gruszecki
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Polandhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-1854
Abstract
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of four different essential oils on the sensitivity of allergenic fungi i.e. Alternaria alternata, Botrytis cinerea and Cladosporium cladosporioides. The studied fungi were isolated from infected fennel. The tested oils were added to Potato Dextrose Agar medium at the concentrations of 0.1 mg/mL, 0.25 mg/mL and 0.5 mg/mL. The activity of the oils on the inhibition of the linear growth of mycelium was evaluated by measuring of fungal colonies, while the fungistatic activity was evaluated on the basis of the percentage growth inhibition of fungal colony and calculated according to Abbot’s formula. The sensitivity of the tested isolates of fungi was variable and depended on the type and concentration of the studied essential oils. The most effective antifungal effect on all tested fungi was in essential oil of oregano even at the concentration of 0.1 mg/mL, while the weakest effect was in essential oil of grapefruit at all studied concentrations. Moreover, oregano essential oil caused degradation and decay of mycelium and spores. Essential oils are potential and promising antifungal agents used as bio fungicides in plant protection and indoor air disinfection. Therefore, further in vivo studies should be carried out.
Keywords:
Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium cladosporioides, Botrytis cinerea, essential oil, antifungal properties of essential oilsReferences
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Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-9808
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4332-8394
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-5785
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-2212
Department of Vegetable and Herb Crops, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-1854
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