Antifungal activity of essential oil from fruits of Indian Cuminum cyminum

Figures & data

Figure 1.  GC-MS chromatogram of the crude essential oil from fruits of Cuminum cyminum.

Table 1.  Percentage composition of the essential oil of fruits from Cuminum cyminum. Compounds in order of elution from a VF-5ms column.

KI	Compound^a	RA%
939	α-Pinene	0.18
979	β-Pinene	3.47
1025	p-Cymene	4.40
1031	1,8-Cineole (Eucalyptol)	0.64
1060	γ-Terpinene	0.77
1122	Fenchol	0.31
1169	Borneol	0.24
1177	4-Terpineol	0.19
1183	p-Cymen-8-ol	0.27
1189	α-Terpineol	1.63
1205	p-Cumenol	1.04
1242	Cumin aldehyde	61.72
1285	α-terpinen-7-al	7.30
1291	γ-terpinen-7-al	12.25
1291	p-Cymen-7-ol (Cumin alcohol)	0.45
1290	Thymol	0.21
1299	Carvacrol	0.38
1316	4-Hydroxy-cryptone	1.02
1443	β-Farnesene	0.19
	nd	0.36
	nd	0.28
1583	Caryophyllene oxide	0.26
1595	Carotol	0.24
1621	Dill apiole	0.65
1678	Apiole	0.45
	nd	0.50
1876	1-Hexadecanol	0.34
1988	Eicosene	0.25
	Total id.	98.86

KI, Kovats Index; RA%, Relative area percentage (peak area relative to total peak area %); nd, not determinate; id, identified.

Table 2.  Percentage inhibition rate after 7 days of treatment with different concentrations of cumin oil.

	Cumin oil
	5 µL	10 µL	15 µL	20 µL
T. mentagrophytes	+	+	10.00% ± 0.5	100.00% ± 0.5
N. cajetani	9.81% ± 0.2	12.42% ± 1.3	97.40% ± 0.6	97.40% ± 0.7
M. gypseum	84.62% ± 1.6	100.00% ± 0.8	100.00% ± 0.2	100.00% ± 0.2
T. rubrum	100.00% ± 1.1	100.00% ± 0.5	100.00% ± 0.2	100.00% ± 0.3
T. tonsurans	63.96% ± 0.7	100.00% ± 1.2	100.00% ± 0.4	100.00% ± 0.1
Alternaria	19.60% ± 0.55	69.42% ± 1.2	73.97% ± 1.2	81.40% ± 1.4
P. ultimum	51.36% ± 1.4	.36% ± 0.3	95.24% ± 0.784	100.00% ± 0.3
T. viridae	0.21% ± 0.4	9.78% ± 0.3	12.10% ± 0.4	76.62% ± 1.1
F. oxysporum	52.24% ± 1.8	80.97% ± 0.8	83.20% ± 1.6	84.70% ± 1.0
B. cinerea	46.34% ± 1.3	91.40% ± 1.5	96.00% ± 1.2	98.00% ± 0.6
S. cerevisiae	45.46% ± 0.9	68.18% ± 0.7	91.00% ± 0.9	100.00% ± 0.1
R. glutinis	87.10% ± 0.6	87.60% ± 0.5	80.65% ± 1.7	97.00% ± 0.5
A. quitensis	88.89% ± 0.7	100.00% ± 0.4	100.00% ± 0.3	100.00% ± 0.2
A. amazonicus	70.8% ± 1.4	72.5% ± 1.6	78.95% ± 1.4	89.57% ± 1.8