Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control مجله کیفیت و کنترل مخاطرات مواد غذایی J. Food Qual. Hazards Control Medical Sciences http://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir 1 admin 2345-685X 2345-6825 8 10.29252/jfqhc 14 8888 13 en jalali 1399 12 1 gregorian 2021 3 1 8 1 online 1 fulltext
en Antifungal Effects of Essential Oils of Zataria multiflora, Mentha pulegium, and Mentha piperita تخصصي Special Short communication Short communication <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background: </strong>Among important fungi associated with foods are <em>Aspergillus</em> spp., <em>Penicillium</em> spp., and <em>Geotrichum </em>spp. In this study, we evaluated antifungal effects of Essential Oils (EOs) of <em>Zataria multiflora</em>, <em>Mentha</em><em> pulegium</em>, and <em>Mentha</em><em> piperita.</em> &nbsp;<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> Antifungal properties of EOs of <em>M. piperita</em>, <em>M. pulegium</em>, and <em>Z. multiflora </em>against <em>Aspergillus</em> spp., <em>Penicillium</em> spp., and <em>Geotrichum candidum</em> were determined by agar well diffusion and broth macrodilution method. Data were analyzed by SPSS 20.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Among three studied plant EOs, <em>Z. multiflora </em>EO had the strongest antifungal activity (<em>p</em><0.05) on tested fungi; so that the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Fungicidal Concentration (MFC) were 0.01 and 0.3% for <em>G. candidum</em>, 0.005 and 0.3% for <em>Penicillium </em>spp., and 0.1 and 0.3% for <em>Aspergillus </em>spp.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> All three studied plant EOs showed antifungal activities. However, as <em>Z. multiflora</em> EO showed the most antifungal effect, it could be specially suggested as natural powerful antifungal preservatives in the food industry.<br> <br> <strong>DOI:</strong> 10.18502/jfqhc.8.1.5462</span></span></p> Antifungal Agents, Thymus Plant, Mentha pulegium, Mentha piperita 41 44 http://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-100-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Z. Zamanian Chaleshtori 0000-0002-5540-7807 No Graduated in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran M. Bonyadian boniadian@sku.ac.ir 0000-0001-5970-9469 Yes Department of Health and Food Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran H. Moshtaghi No Department of Health and Food Quality Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran A. Ebrahimi No Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, IranDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran