Herbal
Zeinab Moradzadeh; Somayeh Rastegar; Alireza Yavari
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the antifungal effects of two essential oils of Zataria multiflora and Salvia mirzayanii with two methods of smoking and mixed culture (mixing essential oil with culture medium) in controlling Aspergillus niger fungus in laboratory conditions.Methods: ...
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Introduction: The purpose of this study was to investigate the antifungal effects of two essential oils of Zataria multiflora and Salvia mirzayanii with two methods of smoking and mixed culture (mixing essential oil with culture medium) in controlling Aspergillus niger fungus in laboratory conditions.Methods: In this research, during two separate experiments, the effect of different chemotypes of Zataria multiflora essential oil with concentrations of 0, 50, 100, 200, 400 microliters per liter and Salvia mirzayanii with concentrations of 100, 200, 400 microliters per liter, on growth control Aspergillus fungi were evaluated by two cultivation methods (smoked and mixed) in laboratory conditions.Result and discussions: Based on the results of the first experiment, in the investigation of preventing the growth of AJspergillus fungus, the Isfahan Nasrabad chemotype was placed in one statistical group, the Bushehr and Tashk Fars chemotypes were in one statistical group, and the other chemotypes were in another statistical group. No significant difference was observed between different mushroom cultivation methods. By increasing the concentration of essential oil, its effect in preventing halo growth increased. In the second experiment, at a concentration of 400 microliters per liter, the greatest effect of bitter gourd essential oil in preventing the growth of Aspergillus fungus was observed in Hormozgan Bastak chemotype, which showed a significant difference compared to other gourd chemotypes. In this experiment, no significant difference was observed between the two mushroom cultivation methods.
