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Essential oils from three species of Mentha harvested in Sardinia : chemical characterization and evaluation of their biological activity
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Fancello, Francesco, Zara, Severino, Petretto, Giacomo Luigi, Chessa, Mario, Addis, Roberta, Rourke, Jonathan and Pintore, Giorgio (2017) Essential oils from three species of Mentha harvested in Sardinia : chemical characterization and evaluation of their biological activity. International Journal of Food Properties, 20 (Supplement 2). pp. 1751-1761. doi:10.1080/10942912.2017.1354020 ISSN 1532-2386.
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2017.1354020
Abstract
The chemical composition, antimicrobial activity and antioxidant activity of Mentha (M.) requienii, M. pulegium L. and M. aquatica (L.) Huds from Sardinia, Italy were tested. The chemical composition was determined by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and GC-Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID) analysis. The antiradical activity was assessed by DPPH and ABTS assay and minimal inhibition concentration was determined by microdilution broth analysis. The major components found in M. requienii EO were pulegone, menthone and limonene; similarly the major components of M. pulegium EO were pulegone and iso-menthone. By contrast, the major components of the EO from M. aquatica are terpinyl acetate and eucalyptol. The antioxidant activity of M. aquatica EO was higher than that of M. requienii and M. pulegium. The EO from M. requienii had good antifungal and antioxidant activity. In the concentration range tested, the mint EOs did not show any antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus 20231 DSMZ, Salmonella enterica subsp. bongori serovar 66:z41:- 13772 DSMZ and four strains of Listeria monocytogenes. Lactic acid bacteria strains were not inhibited by the EOs tested, with the exception of Lactobacillus brevis which showed slight sensitivity to M. pulegium and M. requenii EOs. Yeast strains were in general sensitive to the different Mentha EOs tested and was species and strain dependent;generally, the EOs of M. pulegium and M. requenii were found to be more active than that of M. aquatica.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mints (Plants) -- Italy -- Sardinia -- Composition, Mints (Plants) -- Italy -- Sardinia -- Analysis, Essences and essential oils -- Analysis, Functional foods | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Food Properties | ||||||
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited | ||||||
ISSN: | 1532-2386 | ||||||
Official Date: | 4 August 2017 | ||||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||||
Number: | Supplement 2 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 31 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1751-1761 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/10942912.2017.1354020 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 August 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 August 2018 |
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