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Inhibitory effect of Plant Essential Oils on Malassezia pachydermatis

  • Lee, Jeong-Hyun (Department of Beauty Science, Kwangju Womens University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Sug (Department of Beauty Science, Kwangju Womens University)
  • Received : 2010.06.08
  • Accepted : 2010.09.06
  • Published : 2010.09.30
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Abstract

Effect of the plant essential oils on the growth of Malassezia pachydermatis was evaluated and the essential oils of Ocimum basilicum L., Melaleuca alternifolia (Maid. & Bet.) Cheel, and Rosa damascene Mill. were the most active against M. pachydermatis and their activity were high than that of itraconazole at 2 mg/mL. The major constituents of the three oils by GC-MS analysis were linalool (21.83%) and estragole (74.29%) for O. basilicum, a-terpinolene (17.96%) and terpinen-4-01 (45.54%) for M. alternifolia, and a-citronellol (59.98%) and geraniol (27.58%) for R. damascene. Results showed that these selected three oils could be effective toward controlling M. pachydermatis opportunistic infections.

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