Cumin essential oil is effective in treating bacterial infections

Cumin essential oil is effective in treating bacterial infections

Cumin essential oil can be used alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents to treat bacterial infections.

Neda Soleimani, a master’s degree student in bacteriology at Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran, has conducted a study aimed at evaluating the drug interactions and antibacterial activity of cumin essential oil against some pathogenic bacteria.

In this experimental-laboratory study, cumin essential oil was purified from its seeds. To evaluate the antibacterial performance of essential oil, the disk diffusion method was used to measure the diameter of the inhibitory aura and to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration by the microbrush dilution method on several standard bacterial classes.

In the study of synergistic and antagonistic effects, standard bacterial strains were cultured on medium containing essential oil and then antibiotic discs were placed on it.

Based on the disk diffusion test in agar, the highest growth inhibition zone was observed for Bacillus cereus with a diameter of 44 mm. The essential oil showed synergistic activity with gentamicin (10 ?g) on ??Escherichia coli.

These results suggest that cumin essential oil alone or in combination with other antimicrobial agents may be effective in treating bacterial infections. This component can also enhance the performance of some antibiotics, which makes it possible to use it, especially in cases of drug resistance.