Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Plant Essential Oils against Malassezia furfur

비듬균(Malassezia furfur)에 대한 식물 오일들의 항균활성 및 활성오일의 성분 분석

  • Lee, Jeong-Hyun (Department of Beauty Science, Kwangju Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Sug (Department of Beauty Science, Kwangju Women's University)
  • 이정현 (광주여자대학교 미용과학과) ;
  • 이재숙 (광주여자대학교 미용과학과)
  • Received : 2010.07.01
  • Accepted : 2010.08.28
  • Published : 2010.09.28

Abstract

Malassezia furfur is an important causal factor for seborrheic dermatitis. Nowadays, the drugs available to treat this fungal infection are few. Several studies have documented the biological activity of essential oils. However, its antifungal properties are not completely understood, especially its anti-Malassezia activity. The aim of this study were to evaluate the effect of the plant essential oils on the growth of M. furfur using disk diffusion method and analyze by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) most active essential oils. In first screening, the 17 plant essential oils have possesses inhibitory activity against M. furfur at 2 mg/mL. Among the plant essential oils, oil of Citrus auranifoli was most active against M. furfur and its activity showed dose dependency. This anti-malassezial activity was high than that of itraconazole at 2 mg/mL. Oil of Citrus auranifolia also was phytochemically examined by GC-MS analysis, its main constituents were identified as limonene, ${\gamma}$-terpinene and terpinolene. It can be concluded that essential oils of Citrus auranifolia may have interesting applications to control fungal-derived diseases.

비듬균(Malassezia furfur) 는 두피 질환을 일으키는 중요한 요소로써 오늘날 이러한 균들을 치료하는 치료제는 거의 없다. 몇몇의 전의 연구에서 오일들의 다양한 생물학적 활성이 보고되어졌지만 그것들의 항비듬균 활성은 거의 연구되지 않았고, 특히 Malassezia furfur에 대한 저해 활성은 보고되어 있지 않다. 따라서, 이 연구에서는 Malassezia furfur에 대한 식물 오일들의 저해활성을 평가하고, 이러한 오일 중에서 가장 활성이 좋은 오일을 가스 크로마토그래피(Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry)에 의해 성분을 분석하였다. 1차적으로 108개 오일의 스크리닝 과정에서 17개 오일[Allium sativum L., Carum carvi L., Coriandrum sativum L., Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae Royle, Nepeta cataria L., Origanum vulgare L., Mentha pulegium L., Satureja hortensis L., Thymus vulgaris L. Thymus vulgaris L., Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume, Pimenta dioica(L.) Merr., Eugenia caryophyllata Thumb.(Clove bud), Eugenia caryophyllata Thumb.(Clove leaf), Cymbopogon nardus L., Cymbopogon martinii Stapf., Citrus aurantifolia Swing. and Pimenta racemosa(Mill.) J.W.Moore] 이 2 mg/mL 의 농도에서 대조구인 이크라코나졸(itraconazole)과 비슷한 활성을 나타내었다. 이러한 17개 오일 중에서 Citrus auranifolia 오일이 가장 활성이 좋았으며, 처리농도 (1.5 mg/mL, 1.0 mg/mL, 0.5 mg/mL와 0.1 mg/mL) 에 따라 활성이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 Citrus auranifoli 오일의 가스크로마토그래피(GC-MS) 성분분석 결과 limonene, ${\gamma}$-terpinene and terpinolene의 함유율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 Citrus auranifolia 오일은 곰팡이 유래 질병들을 치료하기 위한 활성성분을 함유하고 있는 것으로 보인다.

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