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Comparison of the Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil and its Main Component Terpinen-4-ol with their Nanoemulsions

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Abstract

An investigation of nanoemulsions of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil and its main constituent terpinen-4-ol was carried out compared to non-formulated products for their antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. To prepare nanoemulsions from coarse oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, the products were added to aqueous solutions containing 10% Tween 80 and stirred continuously under ultrasonication. Interestingly, the tea tree oil nanoemulsion produced droplets with a size of 70.67 nm, while the terpinen-4-ol nanoemulsion produced droplets with a size of 176.00 nm. The nanoemulsions showed high negative zeta potentials (-22.30 and -23.50 mV for oil and terpinen-4-ol, respectively. Compared with tea tree oil and terpinen-4-ol nanoemulsions as antioxidants, terpinen-4-ol nanoemulsion had the highest radical scavenging activity against DPPH with the lowest EC50 value (253.65 mg/L). Furthermore, terpinen-4-ol nanoemulsion exhibited the highest antibacterial activity (MIC = 600 and 475 mg/L against Salmonella typhimurium and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively). Tee tree oil nanoemulsion, on the other hand, had the strongest inhibition effect against Candida albicans (EC50 = 74.86 mg/L). Furthermore, a nanoemulsion of terpinen-4-ol exhibited high antifungal activity (EC50 = 253.13 and 312.53 mg/L against Aspergillus flavus and A. niger, respectively). Despite this, tea tree oil nanoemulsion was the most effective against fungal spores (EC50 = 484.61 and 291.99 mg/L against spores of A. flavus and A. niger, respectively). The information in this study will lead to a potential breakthrough for eco-friendly antimicrobials and antioxidants that contain tea tree oil and terpinen-4-ol.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.131758.5808

Keywords

Tea tree oil, Terpinen-4-ol, Nanoemulsions, Antioxidant activity, antimicrobial activity

Authors

First Name

Mai

Last Name

Badr

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Health, High Institute of Public Health, 165 El-Horreya Avenue – El-Ibrahimia, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

mai.badr@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-4695-7751

First Name

Nehad

Last Name

Taktak

MiddleName

E. M.

Affiliation

Department of Environmental Health, High Institute of Public Health, 165 El-Horreya Avenue – El-Ibrahimia, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Email

nehad.ebrahim@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Badawy

MiddleName

E. I.

Affiliation

Department of Pesticide Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, 21545-El-Shatby, Alexandria University

Email

mohamed.badawy@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0002-6923-5452

Volume

66

Article Issue

2

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39241

Issue Date

2023-02-01

Receive Date

2022-04-06

Publish Date

2023-02-01

Page Start

111

Page End

120

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_240480.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Comparison of the Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Tea Tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) Oil and its Main Component Terpinen-4-ol with their Nanoemulsions

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30 Dec 2024