Bioactive natural compounds and antioxidant activity of essential oils from spice plants: New findings and potential applications

L Diniz do Nascimento, AA Barbosa de Moraes… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spice plants have a great influence on world history. For centuries, different civilizations
have used them to condiment the foods of kings and nobles and applied them as embalming …

Antimicrobial activity of eugenol and essential oils containing eugenol: A mechanistic viewpoint

A Marchese, R Barbieri, E Coppo, IE Orhan… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Eugenol is a hydroxyphenyl propene, naturally occurring in the essential oils of several
plants belonging to the Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, and Myristicaceae families. It is …

Piper betle (L): Recent Review of Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties, Safety Profiles, and Commercial Applications

NMDMW Nayaka, MMV Sasadara, DA Sanjaya… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Piper betle (L) is a popular medicinal plant in Asia. Plant leaves have been used as a
traditional medicine to treat various health conditions. It is highly abundant and inexpensive …

Phytochemicals as invaluable sources of potent antimicrobial agents to combat antibiotic resistance

R Jadimurthy, S Jagadish, SC Nayak, S Kumar… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many microorganisms develop resistance to drugs through different
mechanisms, and this process is called antimicrobial resistance. It is highly essential to …

Screening of antifungal activity of 12 essential oils against eight pathogenic fungi of vegetables and mushroom

F Diánez, M Santos, C Parra, MJ Navarro… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The antifungal properties of 12 Eos, that is, Syzygium aromaticum, Pelargonium graveolens,
Lavandula angustifolia, Cupresus sempervirens, Mentha piperita, Santolina …

Eugenol oil nanoemulsion: antifungal activity against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and phytotoxicity on cottonseeds

KA Abd-Elsalam, AR Khokhlov - Applied Nanoscience, 2015 - Springer
The current research deals with the formulation and characterization of bio-based oil-in-
water nanoemulsion. The formulated eugenol oil nanoemulsion was characterized by …

Volatile phenolics: A comprehensive review of the anti-infective properties of an important class of essential oil constituents

A Ahmad, IL Elisha, S van Vuuren, A Viljoen - Phytochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Historically, essential oils and their lead molecules have been extensively recognised for
their anti-infective properties. In this context, certain volatile phenolics (VPs) have emerged …

Potential Impacts of Clove Essential Oil Nanoemulsion as Bio Fungicides against Neoscytalidium Blight Disease of Carum carvi L.

AH Hashem, AM Abdelaziz, MMH Hassanin… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fungal plant diseases are considered one of the most destructive diseases for plants. In this
current study, Neoscytalidium dimidiatum as a fungal plant pathogen was isolated from an …

Antimicrobial mechanism of nanocellulose composite packaging incorporated with essential oils

A Firmanda, F Fahma, E Warsiki, K Syamsu, IW Arnata… - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) and nanocrystalline cellulose (CNC) are biopolymers with
abundant natural availability, biodegradable, non-toxic, and renewable, isolated from …

A review of the methods used to determine the target site or the mechanism of action of essential oils and their components against fungi

E Mani-López, O Cortés-Zavaleta, A López-Malo - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Essential oils (EOs) are complex mixtures of compounds derived from plants that exhibit
antimicrobial activity. Several studies have demonstrated their antifungal activity in food …