Antibacterial effect of Turkish black cumin ( <i>Nigella sativa</i> L. ) oils

Muhammet Arici; Osman Sagdic; Umit Gecgel

doi:10.3989/gya.2005.v56.i4.90

Antibacterial effect of Turkish black cumin ( Nigella sativa L. ) oils

Authors

Muhammet Arici Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Trakya University
Osman Sagdic Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University
Umit Gecgel Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Trakya University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gya.2005.v56.i4.90

Keywords:

Antibacterial activity, Black cumin, Nigella sativa

Abstract

A series of five different oils from Turkish black cumin ( Nigella sativa ) used in foods mainly for their flavour, preservation and natural therapies were screened for their antibacterial effects at 0.5 %, 1.0 % and 2.0 % concentrations using the agar diffusion method against twenty four pathogenic, spoilage and lactic acid bacteria (LAB). All tested oils showed antibacterial activity against all the bacteria used in the assay. The oils at 2.0 % concentration were more effective than of the other concentrations. The most sensitive bacterium against all of the oil concentrations was Aeromonas hydrophila, while the most resistant was Yersinia enterocolitica. Generally, lactic acid bacteria had more resistance than pathogenic and spoilage bacteria against black cumin oils. Consequently, black cumin oil may be used as an antimicrobial agent in food products to prevent spoilage.

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2005-12-31

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Arici M, Sagdic O, Gecgel U. Antibacterial effect of Turkish black cumin ( Nigella sativa L. ) oils. Grasas aceites [Internet]. 2005Dec.31 [cited 2025May1];56(4):259-62. Available from: https://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/90

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Vol. 56 No. 4 (2005)

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Research

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