The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antiquorum sensing activity of the essential oil of Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Fritsch were investigated. Limonene, piperitone epoxide and piperitenone epoxide were found as the main constituents using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the oil was tested against six bacterial and seven fungal strains and high antimicrobial potential was noticed. Minimum inhibitory concentration varied from 0.031 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for bacterial and 0.062 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for fungal strains. The antiquorum properties of the essential oil were evaluated on Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The oil was tested at subMiC concentrations for anti-quorum sensing activity. The analyses on quorum-sensing functions have been carried out by evaluating twitching and swarming of bacterial cultures and the total amount of pyocyanin production produced by P. aeruginosa. This study showed that M thymifolia essential oil exhib...ited antiquorum sensing activity and may be used as an antipathogenic drug.
TY - JOUR
AU - Bukvicki, Danka
AU - Ciric, Ana
AU - Soković, Marina
AU - Vannini, Lucia
AU - Nissen, Lorenzo
AU - Novaković, Miroslav
AU - Vujisić, Ljubodrag V.
AU - Asakawa, Yoshinori
AU - Marin, Petar D.
PY - 2016
UR - http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1906
AB - The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antiquorum sensing activity of the essential oil of Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Fritsch were investigated. Limonene, piperitone epoxide and piperitenone epoxide were found as the main constituents using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the oil was tested against six bacterial and seven fungal strains and high antimicrobial potential was noticed. Minimum inhibitory concentration varied from 0.031 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for bacterial and 0.062 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for fungal strains. The antiquorum properties of the essential oil were evaluated on Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The oil was tested at subMiC concentrations for anti-quorum sensing activity. The analyses on quorum-sensing functions have been carried out by evaluating twitching and swarming of bacterial cultures and the total amount of pyocyanin production produced by P. aeruginosa. This study showed that M thymifolia essential oil exhibited antiquorum sensing activity and may be used as an antipathogenic drug.
PB - Natural Products Inc, Westerville
T2 - Natural Product Communications
T1 - Micromeria thymifolia Essential Oil Suppresses Quorum-sensing Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
VL - 11
IS - 12
SP - 1903
EP - 1906
ER -
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author = "Bukvicki, Danka and Ciric, Ana and Soković, Marina and Vannini, Lucia and Nissen, Lorenzo and Novaković, Miroslav and Vujisić, Ljubodrag V. and Asakawa, Yoshinori and Marin, Petar D.",
year = "2016",
url = "http://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1906",
abstract = "The chemical composition, antimicrobial and antiquorum sensing activity of the essential oil of Micromeria thymifolia (Scop.) Fritsch were investigated. Limonene, piperitone epoxide and piperitenone epoxide were found as the main constituents using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. In vitro antimicrobial activity of the oil was tested against six bacterial and seven fungal strains and high antimicrobial potential was noticed. Minimum inhibitory concentration varied from 0.031 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for bacterial and 0.062 mg/mL to 0.5 mg/mL for fungal strains. The antiquorum properties of the essential oil were evaluated on Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The oil was tested at subMiC concentrations for anti-quorum sensing activity. The analyses on quorum-sensing functions have been carried out by evaluating twitching and swarming of bacterial cultures and the total amount of pyocyanin production produced by P. aeruginosa. This study showed that M thymifolia essential oil exhibited antiquorum sensing activity and may be used as an antipathogenic drug.",
publisher = "Natural Products Inc, Westerville",
journal = "Natural Product Communications",
title = "Micromeria thymifolia Essential Oil Suppresses Quorum-sensing Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa",
volume = "11",
number = "12",
pages = "1903-1906"
}
Bukvicki, D., Ciric, A., Soković, M., Vannini, L., Nissen, L., Novaković, M., Vujisić, L. V., Asakawa, Y.,& Marin, P. D. (2016). Micromeria thymifolia Essential Oil Suppresses Quorum-sensing Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Natural Product Communications
Natural Products Inc, Westerville., 11(12), 1903-1906.
Bukvicki D, Ciric A, Soković M, Vannini L, Nissen L, Novaković M, Vujisić LV, Asakawa Y, Marin PD. Micromeria thymifolia Essential Oil Suppresses Quorum-sensing Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Natural Product Communications. 2016;11(12):1903-1906
