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Mentha pulegium
About: Mentha pulegium is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 412 publications have been published within this topic receiving 8469 citations. The topic is also known as: Pennyroyal.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the results of a study aimed at evaluating the antiradical activity, the antioxidant activity and the acetylcholinesterase (E.C. 3.7.) inhibitory capacity of essential oils, ethanol and boiling water extracts from five aromatic herbs growing wild in Portugal and used in traditional food preparations: fennel ( Foeniculum vulgare), mint ( Mentha spicata), pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis), and wild thyme (
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TL;DR: This investigation showed that the oil of Mentha pulegium L. piperitone/piperitenone oil has a potent antimicrobial activity and the Iranian Mentha Pulegia L. oil belongs to p Piperitone/ piperitENone type.
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TL;DR: Biological assays showed that fungitoxicity against the soil-borne plant disease-causing fungi Fusarium moniliforme, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Phytophthora capsici was due to different concentrations of the phenolic fraction (especially thymol and/or carvacrol) in the essential oils.
Abstract: Essential oils of Thymbra spicata, Satureja thymbra, Salvia fruticosa, Laurus nobilis, Mentha pulegium, Inula viscosa, Pimpinella anisum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, and Origanum minitiflorum plants growing wild in southern Turkey were investigated by means of GC-FID, and 20 components were identified. The main ones were gamma-terpinene, p-cymene, thymol, and carvacrol as well as 1,8-cineole, pulegone, and anethole. Biological assays showed that fungitoxicity against the soil-borne plant disease-causing fungi Fusarium moniliforme, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and Phytophthora capsici was due to different concentrations of the phenolic fraction (especially thymol and/or carvacrol) in the essential oils
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TL;DR: The main p-menthane components of the tested essential oils showed a variable degree of antimicrobial activity not only between different bacterial strains but also between different strains of the same bacteria.
Abstract: The essential oils obtained from two mint species, Mentha pulegium and Mentha spicata, exhibited antimicrobial properties against eight strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. The essential oils of these mint species at high concentration (1/100 dilution) were extremely bactericidal, whereas lower concentrations (1/1000) caused a dose-dependent decrease in bacterial growth rates. The main p-menthane components of the tested essential oils showed a variable degree of antimicrobial activity not only between different bacterial strains but also between different strains but also between different strains of the same bacteria.
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TL;DR: Thirty-four essential oils were tested for insecticidal activity (fumigation or topical application) against larvae Spodoptera littoralis and twenty essential oils applied by fumigation were highly toxic to the third instar of S. littoranis larvae.
225 citations