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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

Volume 24(10): 600-607, 2020.

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Effect of Echinacea purpurea and Thymus vulgaris extracts on growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi.

Hamid Reza Gheisari¹, Hassan Habibi²

^{1Food Hygiene , 2Avian Diseases Research Center, School of veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.}

ABSTRACT

Gheisari HR, Habibi H., Effect of Echinacea purpurea and Thymus vulgaris extracts on growth of pathogenic bacteria and fungi, Onl J Vet Res., 24(10): 600-607, 2020. Air-dried Echinacea purpurea and Thymus vulgaris were ground to fine powder for extract by methanol Soxhelet to 20mg/ml. Both extracts exhibited minimum inhibitory (MIC) and MFC against Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus but Thymus vulgaris had greater effects on Salmonella typhimorium and Escherichia coli O157: H7. Echinacea purpurea inhibited subtilis and Proteus vulgaris were affected more by extract. Only T vulgaris inhibited fungi but at very high concentrations (MIC = 40mg/ml, MFC = 160mg/ml).

Key words: Echinacea purpurea; Thymus vulgaris; Antimicrobial activities; Food pathogens.

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