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DOI :10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774   IUP :10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774    Full Text (PDF)

Aromatherapeutic essential oils and their pharmaceutical combinations: Tools for inhibition of quorum sensing activity and biofilm formation of human pathogens

Müjgan ÖzfenerciElif Burcu BaliDemet ErdönmezUfuk Koca Çalışkan

Background and Aims: Aromatherapy, as one of the complementary therapies, uses essential oils as the main therapeutic agents to treat several diseases. In the present study, it was aimed to investigate inhibition of quorum sensing (QS) and biofilm formation of aromatherapeutic essential oils (AEOs) and their pharmaceutical combinations (PC-I and PC-II). Methods: The anti-QS potential of AEOs were determined using the biosensor strains Chromobacterium violaceum ATCC 12472 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Anti-QS activity was detected by agar-well diffusion and violacein pigment inhibition assays. Blocking of PAO1 swim and swarm motilities and biofilm formation was also performed. Results: Most of the AEOs demonstrated highly active (>95%) violacein pigment inhibition. Additionally, they inhibited swarming (40.34%-72.80%) and swimming (20.06%-50.08%) motilities of PAO1. Moreover, the majority of AEOs also decreased the biofilm formation, particularly on P. aeruginosa and S. aureus. Conclusion: Consequently, aromatherapeutic formulations might be a complementary or prophylactic cure for infectious disease by their anti-QS and antibiofilm activities rather than just antimicrobial effects.


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Özfenerci, M., Bali, E.B., Erdönmez, D., & Koca Çalışkan, U. (2022). Aromatherapeutic essential oils and their pharmaceutical combinations: Tools for inhibition of quorum sensing activity and biofilm formation of human pathogens. İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy, 52(1), 54-63. https://doi.org/10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774


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Özfenerci M, Bali E B, Erdönmez D, Koca Çalışkan U. Aromatherapeutic essential oils and their pharmaceutical combinations: Tools for inhibition of quorum sensing activity and biofilm formation of human pathogens. İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy. 2022;52(1):54-63. https://doi.org/10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774


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Özfenerci M, Bali EB, Erdönmez D, Koca Çalışkan U. Aromatherapeutic essential oils and their pharmaceutical combinations: Tools for inhibition of quorum sensing activity and biofilm formation of human pathogens. İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy [Internet]. 3 Dec. 2024 [cited 3 Dec. 2024];52(1):54-63. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774 doi: 10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774


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Özfenerci, Müjgan - Bali, ElifBurcu - Erdönmez, Demet - Koca Çalışkan, Ufuk. Aromatherapeutic essential oils and their pharmaceutical combinations: Tools for inhibition of quorum sensing activity and biofilm formation of human pathogens”. İstanbul Journal of Pharmacy 52/1 (Dec. 2024): 54-63. https://doi.org/10.26650/IstanbulJPharm.2022.998774



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