Composition and Antifungal Activity of Peppermint ( <i>Mentha piperita</i> ) Essential Oil from Iran
Mohammad Moghaddam, Maryam Pourbaige, Heydar Kourosh Tabar, Nasrin Farhadi, Seyed Mohammad Ahmadi Hosseini
Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants
Abstract
AbstractEssential oil of Mentha piperita was analyzed by GC and GC-MS and evaluated for in vitro antifungal activity against Dreschlera spicifera, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceris and Macrophomina phaseolina. Thirty-five components have been identified in the essential oil of M. piperita. The major compounds identified in the oil were menthone (30.63 %), menthol (25.16 %), menthofuran (6.47 %), β-phellandrene (5.59 %), isomenthone (4.74 %), menthol acetate (4.61 %), pulegone (4.39 %), β-caryophyllene (3.05 %), neomenthol (2.83 %), 1,8-cineole (2.15 %). The antifungal assay was determined by agar dilution method with five concentrations of peppermint oil (up to 1600 ppm). The oil was found to be effective against these fungal pathogens under laboratory screening. The antifungal activities of the oil increased with an increase in the concentration. Minimum effective concentrations of the oil against fungal pathogens were also different. The fungistatic and fungicidal activity of the oil was determined. Results of fungistatic and fungicidal activities showed that peppermint oil in these concentrations have no fungicide activity.Key words: Mentha piperitaessential oil compositionantifungal activitymenthonementhol
Extracted Claims
15 claims extracted from this paper into the knowledge graph
menthone is a major compound in peppermint essential oil
“The major compounds identified in the oil were menthone (30.63 %)”
menthol is a major compound in peppermint essential oil
“The major compounds identified in the oil were menthol (25.16 %)”
β-phellandrene is a major compound in peppermint essential oil
“The major compounds identified in the oil were β-phellandrene (5.59 %)”