title: Microbicide activity of clove essential oil (Eugenia caryophyllata).
abstract: Clove essential oil, used as an antiseptic in oral infections, inhibits Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria as well as yeast. The influence of clove essential oil concentration, temperature and organic matter, in the antimicrobial activity of clove essential oil, was studied in this paper, through the determination of bacterial death kinetics. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were the microorganisms selected for a biological test. To determine the temperature effect, they were assayed at 21° and 37° C. The concentration coefficient was determined with 0.4%, and 0.2% of essential oil. The influence of the presence of organic matter was determined with 0.4% of essential oil. The results obtained demonstrated that Escherichia coli were more sensitive even though the essential oil exerted a satisfactory action in three cases. In the three microbial species, 0.4% of essential oil at 21° C have reduced the bacterial population in 5 logarithmic orders. Organic matter reduces the antibacterial activity even though the bactericide efficacy was not lost. Clove essential oil can be considered as a potential antimicrobial agent for external use.
authors.affiliation: Hygiene, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry , University of Buenos Aires , Argentina.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nuñez
authors.forename: M D'
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aquino
keywords: antibacterial activity; clove essential oil; concentration coefficient; organic matter
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