Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University

About: Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University is a education organization based out in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Thermal decomposition & Lymnaea acuminata. The organization has 1032 authors who have published 1591 publications receiving 21734 citations. The organization is also known as: Gorakhpur University.

Studies on essential oils: Part 10; Antibacterial activity of volatile oils of some spices

Abstract: The essential oils extracted from the seeds of seven spices, Anethum graveolens, Carum capticum, Coriandrum sativum, Cuminum cyminum, Foeniculum vulgare, Pimpinella anisum and Seseli indicum have been studied for antibacterial activity against eight pathogenic bacteria, causing infections in the human body. It has been found that the oil of C. capticum is very effective against all tested bacteria. The oil of C. cyminum and A. graveolens also gave similar results. These oils are equally or more effective when compared with standard antibiotics, at a very low concentration.

Essential Oils: Sources of Antimicrobials and Food Preservatives

Abstract: Aromatic and medicinal plants produce essential oils in the form of secondary metabolites. These essential oils are having a diverse way of application in the food system, perfumery, and cosmetics. The use of essential oil as antimicrobial and food preservative agents is of great concern because of several side effects of synthetics. These oils have a potential to be used as food preservative including cereals, grains, pulses fruits, and vegetables. In the current review, we have briefly reviewed the literature and summarizing the uses of essential oils with special emphases on the antibacterial, bactericidal, antifungal, fungicidal and food preservative properties. These essential oils have pronounced antimicrobial and food preservative properties because essential oils consist of various active constituents (terpenes, terpenoids, carotenoids, coumerines, curcumines) with great significance for food industries. Thus, these properties of essentials oils offer a possibility to substitutive natural, safe, eco-friendly, cost-effective, renewable and easily biodegradable antimicrobials for food commodities preservation in near future.