Chemical Composition and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oil Obtained from In Vitro Plants of Thymus mastichinaL.

AbstractThe essential oil isolated from plantlets of Thymus mastichinaL. ssp. mastichinacultured in vitro was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The oil was characterized by the richness of 1,8-cineole (55.5%) and linalool (24.5%). These results are in accordance with the chemical composition previously reported for this taxon. The oil showed antifungal activity against eight pathogenic fungi of die genus Fusariumwith MICs and MFCs ranging from 1500 to 2100 μg/mL and from 2.0 to 2.4 mg/mL, respectively.