The Chemical Composition of some Lauraceae
Essential Oils and Their Antifungal Activities
Phytother. Res. 18, 713–717 (2004)
The antifungal activity of Aniba rosaeodora, Laurus nobilis, Sassafras albidum and Cinnamomum zeylanicum
essential oils were investigated against 17 micromycetes. Among the tested fungal species were food poisoning,
spoilage fungi, plant and animal pathogens. In order to determine fungistatic and fungicidal concentrations
(MIC and MFC) macrodilution and microdilution tests were used. Linalool was the main component
in the essential oil of A. rosaeodora, while 1.8-cineole was dominant in L. nobilis. In sassafras essential oil
safrole was the major component and in the oil of C. zeylanicum the main component was trans-cinnamaldehyde.
The essential oil of cinnamon showed the strongest antifungal activity.
Essential oils. The essential oils of Aniba rosaeodora,
Laurus nobilis, Sassafras albidum and Cinnamomum
zeylanicum were commercial samples obtained from the
Institute for Medicinal Plant Research
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