Claim · model-written summary
Mentha longifolia essential oil had the highest antimicrobial activity among the evaluated oils, with a 10 mm inhibition zone against Staphylococcus epidermidis.
- Taxon
- M. longifolia
Mentha longifoliae1 - Interactor
- S. epidermidis
Staphylococcus epidermidise1other - Outcome
- inhibition zonee1
- Direction
- higheste1
- Value
- 10 mme1
- Comparator
- the evaluated EOse1
Verbatim
e1“M. longifolia EOs showed the highest activity among the evaluated EOs, with a 10 mm inhibition zone against S. epidermidis”
Title
Shahab Ojani; Mansureh Ghavam BMC Plant Biology 2026. doi:10.1186/s12870-026-09030-7
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Mentha longifolia essential oil had the lowest MIC (250 µg/mL) against Candida albicans.
- Observation Mentha spicata essential oil showed measurable in vitro activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with MIC 250 µg/mL.
- Observation Mentha spicata gave the highest essential oil yield, 2.37%.
- Observation Salvia reuteriana gave the lowest essential oil yield, 0.43%.
- Observation GC-MS identified pulegone at 38.63% in Mentha longifolia essential oil.
- Observation GC-MS identified carvone at 50.47% in Mentha spicata essential oil.
- Observation GC-MS identified alpha-pinene at 18.92% in Teucrium polium essential oil.
- Observation GC-MS identified n-hexyl benzoate at 82.14% in Salvia reuteriana essential oil.
