192887

Antimycotic efficiency of essential oils and ethanol extracts of some medicinal plants in Egypt

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Microbiology

Abstract

The antimycotic activity of essential oils and ethanol extracts of seven species of medicinal plants namely; garlic, galangal, cinnamon, eucalyptus, elecampane, basil and clove were assayed against the growth of five pathogenic fungi; Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. ostianus, Alternaria alternata and Fusarium solani in addition to Candida albicans (pathogenic yeast) by disc diffusion method. The results revealed that garlic essential oil had broad-spectrum activity against all tested fungi followed by clove, cinnamon, elecampane, basil, galangal and eucalyptus. Clove ethanol extract had broad-spectrum activity against all tested fungi followed by elecampane and cinnamon. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and qualitative phytochemical screening were carried out for the wide spectrum highly active antimycotic extracts. Garlic, cinnamon, elecampane and clove essential oils and cinnamon, elecampane and clove ethanol extracts were chosen to undergo the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination and qualitative phytochemical screening. Both clove essential oil and ethanol extract, compared to the other extracts, exhibited the best antimycotic activity and lowest MIC in concentration.

DOI

10.21608/jesj.2013.192887

Keywords

medicinal plants, antimycotic, Essential oils, ethanol extracts, MIC, Phytochemical screening

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Youssef

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University 82524, Sohag, Egypt.

Email

youssefm2006@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

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First Name

Sabah

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Saber

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University 82524, Sohag, Egypt.

Email

sabahm3000@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

Orcid

-

First Name

Rafaat

Last Name

Arafa

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut branch, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

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City

Assiut

Orcid

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First Name

Abdallah

Last Name

Hassane

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut branch, Assiut, Egypt.

Email

abdallahhassane@azhar.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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Volume

11

Article Issue

1

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27333

Issue Date

2013-06-01

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2013-01-02

Publish Date

2013-06-01

Page Start

37

Page End

47

Print ISSN

2314-5579

Online ISSN

2682-3942

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https://jesj.journals.ekb.eg/article_192887.html

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1,869

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Journal of Environmental Studies

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Antimycotic efficiency of essential oils and ethanol extracts of some medicinal plants in Egypt

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23 Jan 2023