Antimicrobial, Cytotoxic, and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Pimenta dioica and Rosmarinus officinalis Essential Oils
Autor: | Horacio Bach, Ana Cecilia Lorenzo-Leal, Aurelio López-Malo, Enrique Palou |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Article Subject medicine.drug_class lcsh:Medicine General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Rosmarinus Anti-inflammatory Proinflammatory cytokine 03 medical and health sciences Minimum inhibitory concentration chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine medicine General Immunology and Microbiology biology Traditional medicine lcsh:R General Medicine biology.organism_classification Antimicrobial 030104 developmental biology chemistry 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Officinalis Lamiaceae Growth inhibition |
Zdroj: | BioMed Research International, Vol 2019 (2019) |
ISSN: | 2314-6141 2314-6133 |
Popis: | Essential oils (EOs) are natural products composed of a mixture of volatile and aromatic compounds extracted from different parts of plants that have shown antimicrobial activities against pathogens. In this study, EOs extracted from Pimenta dioica (Myrtaceae) and Rosmarinus officinalis (Lamiaceae) were assessed for their antimicrobial activities using a panel of pathogenic Gram-positive, Gram-negative, and fungal strains. The antimicrobial activity was measured by the minimal inhibitory concentration required for the growth inhibition of the microorganisms. The cytotoxicity of the EOs was tested ex vivo using the model of human-derived macrophage THP-1 cells. In addition, an inflammatory response was evaluated using the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 and the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α. Results showed that both EOs had antimicrobial activity and different pathogens were exposed to concentrations ranging between 600 and 2000 μg/mL. In addition, the EOs showed no inflammatory activity when exposed to human macrophages, but a potent anti-inflammatory activity was measured when the oil from Rosmarinus officinalis was exposed to macrophages. This study demonstrates that the use of EOs is an effective alternative for pathogenic bacterial and fungal control, alone or in combination with antibiotic therapy. Moreover, the oil extracted from Rosmarinus officinalis could be used as potent anti-inflammatory agent. |
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