Antifungal Activity of Some Constituents of Origanum vulgare L. Essential Oil Against Postharvest Disease of Peach Fruit

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 929-934

  Elshafie, Hazem S ^a   Mancini, Emilia ^b   Sakr, Shimaa ^a   De Martino, Laura ^b   Mattia, Carlo Andrea ^b   De Feo, Vincenzo ^b   Camele, Ippolito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

bioactive substances; biological control; carvacrol; Monilinia spp.; stone fruits; thymol

Indexed keywords

CARVACROL; CARYOPHYLLENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; LINALOOL; THYMOL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BROWN ROT; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA; MONILINIA LAXA; OREGANO; PEACH; PHYTOTOXICITY; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASCOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; ORIGANUM; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE;

MONILINIA; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; MONILINIA FRUCTIGENA; MONILINIA LAXA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; FRUIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM; PLANT DISEASES; PRUNUS PERSICA; SESQUITERPENES; THYMOL;

EID: 84937840059     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2014.0167     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Gatto MA, Ippolito A, Linsalata V, Cascarano NA, Nigro F, Vanadia S, Di Venere D: Activity of extracts from wild edible herbs against postharvest fungal diseases of fruit and vegetables. Postharvest Biol Technol 2011;61:72-82.
2. Vitoratos A, Dimitrios B, Karkanis A, Efthimiadou A: Antifungal activity of plant essential oils against Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium italicum and Penicillium digitatum. Not Bot Hort Agrobot 2013;41:86-92.
3. Lee YS, Kim J, Lee SG, Oh E, Shin SC, Park IK: Effects of plant essential oils and components from oriental sweetgum (Liquidambar orientalis) on growth and morphogenesis of three phytopathogenic fungi. Pestic Biochem Phys 2009;93: 138-143.
4. van Leeuwen GCM, van Kesteren HA: Delineation of the three brown rot fungi of fruit crops (Monilinia spp. ) on the basis of quantitative characteristics. Can J Bot 1998;76:2042-2050.
5. Hrustić J, Mihajlović M, Grahovac M, Delibasić G: Genus Monilinia on pome and stone fruit species. Pestic Phytomed (Belgrade) 2012;27:283-297.
6. EPPO Standards, Normes OEPP: Good plant protection practice. Organisation Européenne et Méditerranéenne pour la Protection des Plantes European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. Bull OEPP/EPPO Bull 2004;34:425-426.
7. van Leeuwen GCM, Baayen RP, Jeger MJ: Pest risk analysis (PRA) for the countries of the European Union as PRA area on Monilinia fructicola. Bull OEPP/EPPO Bull 2001;31:481-487.
8. Bonaterra A, Mari M, Canalini L, Montesinos E: Biological control of Monilinia laxa and Rhizopus stolonifer in postharvest of stone fruit by Pantoea agglomerans EPS125 and putative mechanisms of antagonism. Int J Food Microbiol 2003;84:93-104.
9. Elmer PAG, Gaunt RE: Effect of frequency of dicarboximide application on resistant populations of Monilinia fructicola and brown rot in New Zealand orchards. Crop Prot 1993;12:83-88.
10. Byrde RJW, Willetts HJ: The Brown Rot Fungi of Fruit. Their Biology and Control. Pergamon Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1977.
11. Penrose LJ: Prolonged field persistence of resistance to benomyl in Monilinia fructicola. Crop Prot 1990;9:190-192.
12. Sanoamuang N, Gaunt RE: Persistence and fitness of carbendazim-resistant and dicarboximide-resistant isolates of Monilinia fructicola (Wint. ) Honey in flowers, shoots and fruit of stone fruit. Plant Pathol 1995;44:448-457.
13. EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH): Pest risk assessment of Monilinia fructicola for the EU territory and identification and evaluation of risk management options. EFSA J 2011;9:2119.
14. Mancini E, Camele I, Elshafie HS, De Martino L, Pellegrino C, Grulova D, De Feo V: Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil of Origanum vulgare ssp. hirtum from different areas in the Southern Apennines (Italy). Chem Biodivers 2014;11:639-651.
15. White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S, Taylor JW: Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In: PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications (Innis MA, Gelfand DH, Sninsky JJ, White TJ, eds. ). Academic Press, New York, USA, 1990, pp. 315-322.
16. Altschul SF, Madden TL, Schaffer AA, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Miller W, Lipman DJ: Gapped BLAST and PSIBLAST: A new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Res 1997;25:3389-3402.
17. Soylu EM, Kurt S, Soylu S: In vitro and in vivo antifungal activities of the essential oils of various plants against tomato grey mould disease agent Botrytis cinerea. Int J Food Microbiol 2010;143:183-189.
18. Camele I, Altieri L, De Martino L, De Feo V, Mancini E, Rana GL: In vitro control of post-harvest fruit rot fungi by some plant essential oil components. Int J Mol Sci 2012;13:2290-2300.
19. Hong C, Michailides TJ, Holtz BA: Effects of wounding, inoculum density, and biological control agents on postharvest brown rot of stone fruits. Plant Dis 1998;82:1210-1216.
20. Gulluce M, Sokmen M, Sahin F, Sokmen A, Adiguzel A, Ozer H: Biological activities of the essential oil and methanolic extract of Micromeria fruticosa (L. ) Druce ssp. serpyllifolia (Bieb) PH Davis plants from the eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. J Sci Food Agric 2004;84:735-741.
21. Shirzad H, Hassani A, Ghosta Y, Abdollahi A, Finidokht R, Meshkatalsadat MH: Assessment of the antifungal activity of natural compounds to reduce postharvest gray mould (Botrytis cinerea Pers. Fr. ) of kiwifruits (Actinidia deliciosa) during storage. J Plant Protect Res 2011;51:1-6.
22. Numpaque MA, Oviedo LA, Gil JH, Garcá CM, Durango DL: Thymol and carvacrol: Biotransformation and antifungal activity against the plant pathogenic fungi Colletotrichum acutatum and Botryodiplodia theobromae. Trop Plant Pathol 2011; 36:3-13.
23. Kim JM, Marshall MR, Cornell JA, Preston JF, Wei CI: Antibacterial activity of carvacrol, citral, and geraniol against Salmonella typhimurium in culture medium and on fish cubes. J Food Sci 1995;60:1364-1368.
24. Tsao R, Zhou T: Antifungal activity of monoterpenoids against postharvest pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Monilinia fructicola. J Essent Oil Res 2000;12:113-121.
25. Lambert RJW, Skandamis PN, Coote PJ, Nycs GJE: A study of minimum inhibitory cncentration and mode of action of oregano essential oil, thymol and carvacrol. J Appl Microbiol 2001;91: 453-462.
26. Sedy KA, Koschie EH: Bioactivity of carvacrol and thymol against Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci. J Appl Entomol 2003;127:313-316.
27. American College of Toxicology: Final report on the safety assessment of sodium p-chloro-m-cresol, p-chloro-m-cresol, chlorothymol, mixed cresols, m-cresol, o-cresol, p-cresol, isopropyl cresols, thymol, o-cymen-5-ol, and carvacrol. Int J Toxicol 2006; 25:29-127.
28. Cristani M, D'Arrigo M, Mandatari G, Castelli F, Sampietro MG, Miceli D, Venuti V, Bisognano G, Saija A, Trombetta D: Interaction of four monoterpenes contained in essential oils with model membranes: Implications for their antibacterial activity. J Agric Food Chem 2007;55:6300-6308.
29. Di Pasqua R, Betts G, Hoskins N, Edwards M, Ercolini D, Mauriello G: Membrane toxicity of antimicrobial compounds from essential oils. J Agric Food Chem 2007;55:4863-4870.
30. Sikkema J, De Bont J, Poolman B: Mechanisms of membrane toxicity of hydrocarbons. Microbiol Rev 1995;59:201-222.
31. Weber FJ, de Bont JAM: Adaptation mechanisms of microorganisms to the toxic effects of organic solvents on membranes. Biochim Biophys Acta 1996;286:225-245.
32. Lanciotti R, Belleti N, Patrignani F, Gianotti A, Gardini F, Guerzoni ME: Application of hexanal, (E)-2-hexanal, and hexyl acetate to improve the safety of fresh-sliced-apples. J Agric Food Chem 2003;51:2958-2963.
33. Ben Arfa A, Combes S, Preziosi-Belloy L, Gontard N, Chalier P: Antimicrobial activity of carvacrol related to its chemical structure. Lett Appl Microbiol 2007;43:149-154.
34. Dorman HJD, Deans SG: Antimicrobial agents from plants: Antibacterial activity of plant volatile oils. J Appl Microbiol 2000;88:308-316.
35. Ündeger Ü , Basxaran A, Degen GH, Basxaran N: Antioxidant activities of major thyme ingredients and lack of (oxidative) DNA damage in V79 Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cells at low levels of carvacrol and thymol. Food Chem Toxicol 2009;47: 2037-2043.
36. Ahmad A, Khan A, Akhtar F, Yousuf S, Xess I, Khan LA, Manzoor N: Fungicidal activity of thymol and carvacrol by disrupting egosterol biosynthesis and membrane integrity against Candida. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2011;30:41-50.
37. Chu CL, Liu WT, Zhou T: Fumigation of sweet cherries with thymol and acetic acid to reduce post harvest brown rot and blue mold rot. Fruits 2001;56:123-130.
38. Falcone PM, Mastromatteo M, Del Nobile MA, Corbo MR, Sinigaglia M: Evaluating in vitro antimicrobial activity of thymol toward hygiene-indicating and pathogenic bacteria. J Food Prot 2007;70:425-431.
39. Segvic Klaric M, Kosalec I, Mastelic J, Pieckova E, Pepeljnak S: Antifungal activity of thyme (Thymus vulgaris L. ) essential oil and thymol against moulds from damp dwellings. Lett Appl Microbiol 2007;44:36-42.
40. Palaniappan K, Holley R: Use of natural antimicrobials to increase antibiotic susceptibility of drug resistant bacteria. Int J Food Microbiol 2010;140:164-168.
41. Camele I, De Feo V, Altieri L, Mancini E, De Martino L, Rana GL: An attempt of postharvest orange fruit rot control using essential oils from Mediterranean plants. J Med Food 2010;13: 1515-1523.