Satureja montana L. essential oil and its antimicrobial activity alone or in combination with gentamicin

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Many essential oils (EOs) are screened as potential sources of antimicrobial compounds. EOs from the genus Satureja have recognized biological properties, including analgesic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anticancer, and antimicrobial activity. This study aimed to obtain a metabolite profile of commercial essential oil of S. montana L. (SEO) and to evaluate its antimicrobial properties, both alone and combined with gentamicin towards Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial strains. Untargeted analyses based on direct infusion Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) and on GC-MS have provided a high metabolome coverage, allowing to identify carvacrol, cymene and thymol as the major components of commercial SEO. SEO exerted an antimicrobial activity and induced a synergistic interaction with gentamicin against both reference and clinical bacterial strains. A significant reduction of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes biofilm formation was induced by SEO. As a result of SEO treatment, clear morphological bacterial alterations were visualized by scanning electron microscopy: L. monocytogenes and S. aureus showed malformed cell surface or broken cells with pores formation, whereas E. coli displayed collapsed cell surface. These results encourage further studies about bactericidal and antibiotic synergistic effect of SEO for combined therapy in clinical setting as well as in agricultural systems.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:126

Enthalten in:

Microbial pathogenesis - 126(2019) vom: 01. Jan., Seite 323-331

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vitanza, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Maccelli, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Marazzato, Massimiliano [VerfasserIn]
Scazzocchio, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Comanducci, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
Fornarini, Simonetta [VerfasserIn]
Crestoni, Maria Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Filippi, Antonello [VerfasserIn]
Fraschetti, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Rinaldi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Aleandri, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Goldoni, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Conte, Maria Pia [VerfasserIn]
Ammendolia, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Longhi, Catia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3J50XA376E
9B1J4V995Q
Anti-Infective Agents
Carvacrol
Cymenes
Drug Combinations
Escherichia coli
FTICR-MS
Gentamicins
Journal Article
Listeria monocytogenes
Metabolomics
Monoterpenes
Oils, Volatile
Plant Extracts
Plant Oils
Staphylococcus aureus
Synergism
Thymol

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Date Completed 04.03.2019

Date Revised 10.12.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.micpath.2018.11.025

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM290898625