Susceptibility of pathogenic bacteria and fungi to essential oils of wild Daucus carota

Abstract

The compositions of the essential oils of wild Daucus carota L. (Apiaceae) from the ripe fruits, unripe fruits, flowers, root, leaves, and stem, collected in Serbia, were analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oils from all samples contained α-pinene (7.05–51.23%) and sabinene (2.68–36.69%) as major constituents. The other dominant compound in ripe and unripe fruits essential oil was α-muurolene (8.23–10.97%). Antibacterial and antifungal properties of these oils, against eight bacterial and eight fungal strains, were tested by a microdilution technique. The most prominent biological activity was achieved by isolated essential oils of ripe and unripe fruits of D. carota.

Keywords::

• Antibacterial activity
• antifungal activity
• Daucus carota
• essential oils
• microdilution method

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Science of Serbia for financial support (Grants No. 143031 and 143041).

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.