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JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL BEARING PLANTS
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 208-213Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2011.10643923
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Mentha pulegium; Lamiaceae; essential oil composition; pulegone; menthone; antimicrobial activity
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The composition of the essential oil obtained from the dried flowering aerial parts of Mentha pulegium L. (Lamiaceae) was analyzed by GC and GC-MS. Fifty-five components have been identified in the essential oil of M. pulegium. The major constituents of the essential oil were pulegone (54.6 %) and menthone (15.1 %). The antimicrobial activity of M. pulegium oil was studied using the disk diffusion method and determination of minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values. The antimicrobial activity of M. pulegium oil was concentration-dependent on Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeroginosa, Aspergilus niger and Candida albicans.
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