Antifungal Activity of the Essential Oil of Mentha. x piperita.

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Table 1.. Composition of essential oil of Mentha. x piperita..

Components	M. piperita.%	RI
Tricyclene	—	301
Thujene	—	319
α.-Pinene	—	319
Sabinene	2.52	379
β.-Pinene	—	386
Myrcene	0.50	408
3-Octanol	0.13	412
α.-Terpinene	0.12	457
p.-Cymene	0.10	471
Limonene	6.85	481
1,8-Cineole	5.59	485
cis.-Ocimene	0.13	498
trans.-Ocimene	0.19	519
γ.-Terpinene	0.28	545
α.-Terpinolen	0.10	608
Linalool	0.17	632
Menthon	12.70	761
Menthofuran	6.82	785
Menthol	37.40	809
Pulegon	1.23	973
Piperiton	0.81	1011
Menthylacetate	17.37	1124
β.-Bourbonene	0.41	1365
β.-Caryophyllene	0.29	1442
(Z.)-β.-Farnesene	0.69	1502
Germacrene D	0.48	1594
Bicyclogermacren	1.29	1632
Germacren A	0.47	1653
δ.-Cadinene	0.79	1700
Viridiflorol	0.17	1859
Total	97.60

Figure 1 Experimentally induced dermatomycoses in rats by T. mentagrophytes.. (a) Small vesicles at the rats observed at the eighth day of the experiment. (b) Bloody wounds at the 20th day of experiment. (c) Rat completely cured with M. piperita. essential oil after 15 days of treatment.

Figure 2 Experimentally induced dermatomycoses in rats by T. rubrum.. (a) Scaly, erythematous to tawny-brown, bilateral and asymmetric lesions observed at the eighth day after the inoculation. (b) There are no symptoms after 30 days of treatment with M. piperita. essential oil.

Figure 3 Experimentally induced dermatomycoses in rats by T. tonsurans.. (a) Tawny-brown lesions and wounds at the ears observed at the 18th day after the inoculation. (b) Detail of infected ear. (c) Animals treated with the oil of M. piperita. were cured after 29 days of treatment.