Antimicrobial Activity of Pimpinella anisum and Foeniculum vulgare Essential Oils Against Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae

LIESEL GENDE; MATIAS MAGGI; ROSALIA FRIT; MARTIN EGUARAS; PEDRO BAILAC; MARTA PONZI

JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH

Año: 2007

1041-2905

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the fruits of Pimpinella anisum L. (green anise) and Foeniculum vulgare Miller (fennel) were analyzed by GC and GC/MS and physicochemical properties. The oils of P. anisum and F. vulgare were found to be especially rich in (E)-anethole, 96.3% and 92.7%, respectively. The MICs were determined by the tube dilution method against Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae. The oils showed MICs values were