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<p><italic>Foeniculum vulgare</italic> Mill. is a medicinal plant, used as a flavouring agent. The essential oil from <italic>F. vulgare</italic> has potential antimicrobial and insecticidal effects, and can be used in food industry in order to protect the food resources and food products against microbial and pest’s contamination. The aim of the research was to characterize the volatile components of <italic>F. vulgare</italic> essential oil by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) and Gas Chromatography (GC-FID) and to observe the antimicrobial activity by disk diffusion method and in vapour phase. Also, insecticidal activity of the vapour phase of the essential oil of <italic>F. vulgare</italic> was detected. We found that major components of the essential oil from <italic>F. vulgare</italic> were <italic>trans-</italic>anethole (73.6%), fenchone (6.0%), and limonene (5.7%). Antimicrobial activity on gram-positive, gram-negative, and yeasts was weak in liquid phase, but vapour phase showed stronger activity against <italic>B. subtilis</italic> at the concentration 250 μL.L<sup>−1</sup> (98.65% of bacterial growth inhibition). Vapour phase of essential oil was effective against insects, where 25% concentration had 80% lethality.</p>
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Foeniculum vulgare Mill. is a medicinal plant, used as a flavouring agent. The essential oil from F. vulgare has potential antimicrobial and insecticidal effects, and can be used in food industry in order to protect the food resources and food products against microbial and pest’s contamination. The aim of the research was to characterize the volatile components of F. vulgare essential oil by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) and Gas Chromatography (GC-FID) and to observe the antimicrobial activity by disk diffusion method and in vapour phase. Also, insecticidal activity of the vapour phase of the essential oil of F. vulgare was detected. We found that major components of the essential oil from F. vulgare were trans-anethole (73.6%), fenchone (6.0%), and limonene (5.7%). Antimicrobial activity on gram-positive, gram-negative, and yeasts was weak in liquid phase, but vapour phase showed stronger activity against B. subtilis at the concentration 250 μL.L−1 (98.65% of bacterial growth inhibition). Vapour phase of essential oil was effective against insects, where 25% concentration had 80% lethality.

Biological activity of essential oil from <italic>Foeniculum vulgare</italic>

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Biological activity of essential oil from 

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. is a medicinal plant, used as a flavouring agent. The essential oil from F. vulgare has potential antimicrobial and insecticidal...

Biological activity of essential oil from Foeniculum vulgare

Pubblicato online: 02 dic 2021

Pagine: 148 - 152

Ricevuto: 26 lug 2021

Accettato: 23 set 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0037

Parole chiave
antimicrobial activity, essential oil, vapour phase

© 2021 Petra Borotová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biological activity of essential oil from Foeniculum vulgare

Pubblicato online: 02 dic 2021

Pagine: 148 - 152

Ricevuto: 26 lug 2021

Accettato: 23 set 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahr-2021-0037

Parole chiaveantimicrobial activity, essential oil, vapour phase

© 2021 Petra Borotová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
antimicrobial activity, essential oil, vapour phase