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Antimicrobial activity and mechanisms of Salvia sclarea essential oil

Overview of attention for article published in Botanical Studies, June 2015
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Title
Antimicrobial activity and mechanisms of Salvia sclarea essential oil
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Botanical Studies, June 2015
DOI 10.1186/s40529-015-0096-4
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Haiying Cui, Xuejing Zhang, Hui Zhou, Chengting Zhao, Lin Lin

Abstract

Nowadays, essential oils are recognized as safe substances and can be used as antibacterial additives. Salvia sclarea is one of the most important aromatic plants cultivated world-wide as a source of essential oils. In addition to being flavoring foods, Salvia sclarea essential oil can also act as antimicrobials and preservatives against food spoilage. Understanding more about the antibacterial performance and possible mechanism of Salvia sclarea essential oil will be helpful for its application in the future. But so far few related researches have been reported. In our study, Salvia sclarea oil showed obvious antibacterial activity against all tested bacterial strains. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericide concentration (MBC) of seven pathogens were 0.05 and 0.1 % respectively. In addition, Salvia sclarea oil also exhibited a significant inhibitory effect on the growth of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) and meats. After treated with Salvia sclarea oil, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images can clearly see the damage of cell membrane; the intracellular ATP concentrations of E. coli and S. aureus reduced 98.27 and 69.61 % respectively, compared to the control groups; the nuclear DNA content of E. coli and S. aureus was significantly reduced to 48.32 and 50.77 % respectively. In addition, there was massive leakage of cellular material when E. coli and S. aureus were exposed to Salvia sclarea oil. Salvia sclarea essential oil damaged the cell membrane and changed the cell membrane permeability, leading to the release of some cytoplasm such as macromolecular substances, ATP and DNA. In general, the antimicrobial action of Salvia sclarea essential oil is not only attributable to a unique pathway, but also involves a series of events both on the cell surface and within the cytoplasm. Therefore, more experiments need to be done to fully understand the antimicrobial mechanism of Salvia sclarea essential oil.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 141 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 18 13%
Researcher 16 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 10%
Student > Bachelor 14 10%
Professor 6 4%
Other 23 16%
Unknown 51 36%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 29 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 7%
Chemistry 7 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 4%
Other 21 15%
Unknown 58 41%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 August 2021.
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