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Antimicrobial activities of Asafoetida and Shirazi thyme essential oils improve the vase life of gerbera cut flowers
- Source :
- Acta Ecologica Sinica. 38:228-233
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- This study was conducted to evaluate the chemical composition of asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida) essential oil (FAEO) and Shirazi thyme (Zataria multiflora) EO (ZMEO) and their impact on vase life of gerbera cut flowers (Gerbera jamesonii cv. Rosalyn). Five concentrations of both, ZMEO and FAEO including 0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 mg L−1 used as continuous vase solution for gerbera cut flowers. EOs used in this study were extracted by hydrodistillation method using Clevenger apparatus. They were analyzed by GC and GC–MS for determination of the active compounds. Thirty five compounds were identified in ZMEO, mainly including thymol (40.1%), p-cymene (15.5%) and carvacrol (6.5%). Also, thirty compounds were identified in FAEO. The main components were trans propenyl sec-butyl disulfide (21.7%), eudesmol (10-epu-γ) (19.2%) and cis propenyl sec-butyl disulfide (10.2%). The results showed that both ZMEO and FAEO at all concentrations could act as an effective antibacterial compounds and this property increased by increasing their concentration. The results of this research showed that ZMEO increased the vase life at all concentrations but high concentrations of FAEO increased mortality percentage and reduced the vase life of cut flowers. The relative fresh weight and vase solution uptake of gerbera cut flowers increased by the applied EOs treatments. ZMEO at 400 mg L− 1 and FAEO at 300 and 400 mg L− 1 resulted the least stem color change. Overall, 200 mg L− 1 ZMEO and 100 mg L− 1 FAEO were the best treatments for maintenance of gerbera cut flowers quality during vase life.
- Subjects :
- Gerbera
biology
Vase life
010401 analytical chemistry
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
Cut flowers
Antimicrobial
biology.organism_classification
01 natural sciences
040501 horticulture
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
Horticulture
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
law
Gerbera jamesonii
Carvacrol
0405 other agricultural sciences
Thymol
Essential oil
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18722032
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Ecologica Sinica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........32e543f5aac369e6539d01acca247286