International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research
Abstract
The objective of this study is to determine the antimicrobial activity of the essential oils and effect of electromagnetic field on the activity. To find out antimicrobial activity of essential oils (Thyme, Clove, Lavender), against test organisms disc diffusion assay was performed. MIC of all essential oils were determined under electromagnetic field and non-electromagnetic field. Both studies confirmed the antimicrobial activity of oils and effect of electromagnetic field. However, time killing experiment was conducted to calculate rate of inhibition for essential oils, lavender oil and thyme oil showed higher rate as compared to that of clove oil. This study provides evidence to antimicrobial activity of essential oils, and also confirmed the effect of electromagnetic field on the activity. The proposed mechanism for antimicrobial activity is inhibition of metabolic enzymes which has supported with Analytical Profile Identification (API 20NE)
