Antifungal activity of Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don (Asteraceae) essential oil against fungi isolated from cultural heritage objects | Zendy

Miloš Stupar | Zendy; Milica Ljaljević Grbić | Zendy; Ana M. Džamić | Zendy; Nikola Unković | Zendy; Mihailo Ristić | Zendy; Jelena Vukojević | Zendy

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Antifungal activity of Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don (Asteraceae) essential oil against fungi isolated from cultural heritage objects

Author(s) -

Miloš Stupar,

Milica Ljaljević Grbić,

Ana M. Džamić,

Nikola Unković,

Mihailo Ristić,

Jelena Vukojević

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

archives of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 1821-4339

pISSN - 0354-4664

DOI - 10.2298/abs1404539s

Subject(s) - penicillium italicum , trichoderma viride , essential oil , antifungal , asteraceae , aspergillus niger , botany , biology , penicillium , food science , microbiology and biotechnology

There is considerable interest in the use of essential oils as alternative methods to control micromycetes from cultural heritage objects. We investigated the chemical composition and antifungal activity of the essential oil of Helichrysum italicum. The main components of the oil were γ-curcumene (22.45%), α-pinene (15.91 %) and neryl acetate (7.85 %). H. italicum essential oil showed moderate antifungal activity against fungi isolated from cultural heritage objects. The most susceptible fungi to oil treatment were Epicoccum nigrum and Penicillium sp., while the most resistant was Trichoderma viride. The H. italicum essential oil showed demelanizing activity against Aspergillus niger. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 173032

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