Study of Antifungal activity of Helichrysum arenarium essential oil on growth of Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cereviciae

Subject Areas : Aquatic Products

Hediyeh Davoudi Moghadam ¹ , Ali Mohamadi Sani ² , Masoomeh Mehraban Sangatash ³

1 - Department of Food Science and Technology, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
2 - Department of Food Science and Technology, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
3 - Food Science and Technology Research Institute, ACECR, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2014-11-22 Accepted : 2014-11-22 Published : 2014-11-01

Keywords: Essential oil, Yeast, MIC, Helichrysum arenarium,

Abstract :

Helichrysum arenarium L. is a perennial herbaceous plant that belongs to asteraceae family and traditionally used to treat various diseases in many countries. In this study, the essential oil from the aerial parts of the H. arenarium L. was extracted with hydro-distillation using a clevenger approach and then its antimicrobial effects was studied on the growth of two yeasts species, Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cereviciae,using micro-dilution method at ten different concentrations.  The results of this study indicated that the essential oil of  H. arenarium had significant effects on reducing and eliminating tested yeasts (P< 0.05) but C. albicanswith MIC=195.31 and MFC=3125 µg/ml indicated more resistant than S. cereviciae so that growth of S. cereviciae in all concentrations was lower than that of the C. albicans. The results revealed that the essential oil of H. arenarium had a significant anti yeast activity (P<0.05); therefore, it can be used as an antifungal agent in the food and pharmaceutical industries.