Journal
ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11091235
Keywords
winter savory; essential oil; hydrolate; subcritical water extraction; ultrasound-assisted extraction; microwave-assisted extraction
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia [451-03-68/2022-14/200032, 451-03-68/202214/200134]
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Winter savory is a plant with wide-ranging activities and applications. Different extracts obtained through various extraction methods showed antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. Among them, essential oil and subcritical water displayed the highest antimicrobial activity, while extracts obtained through ultrasound-assisted and microwave-assisted extraction did not show antimicrobial activity. The use of green extraction methods can provide ecologically and economically better solutions for future applications.
Winter savory (Satureja montana L.) is a well-known spice and medicinal plant with a wide range of activities and applications. Two subspecies of S. montana, subsp. montana and subsp. variegata, were used for the preparation of seven different extracts: steam distillation (essential oil (EO) and hydrolate (HY)), subcritical water (SWE), ultrasound-assisted (UAE-MeOH and UAE-H2O), and microwave-assisted (MAE-MeOH and MAE-H2O) extraction. The obtained EOs, HYs, and extracts were used for an in vitro evaluation of the antioxidant activity (DPPH, ABTS, reducing power, and superoxide anion methods) and in vitro antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Salmonella Typhimurium, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Candida albicans. The antimicrobial screening was conducted using disk-diffusion assessment, minimal inhibitory concentration, time-kill kinetics modeling, and pharmacodynamic study of the biocide effect. The total phenolic content (TPC) was highest in EO, followed by SWE, MAE, and UAE, and the lowest was in HY. The highest antimicrobial activity shows EO and SWE for both varieties, while different UAE and MAE extracts have not exhibited antimicrobial activity. The natural antimicrobials in the S. montana extract samples obtained by green extraction methods, indicated the possibility of ecologically and economically better solutions for future in vivo application of the selected plant subspecies.
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