Chemical Composition of Two Different Lavender Essential Oils and Their Effect on Facial Skin Microbiota

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Chemical Composition of Two Different Lavender Essential Oils and Their Effect on Facial Skin Microbiota

Teresa Krzyśko-łupicka Piotr Wieczorek Marietta Białoń Ewa Nowakowska-bogdan

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Lavender Acyclic Monoterpenes gas chromatography with mass spectrometry Pharmaceutical Science Lavender oil Microbial Sensitivity Tests 02 engineering and technology Linalyl acetate Gram-Positive Bacteria 01 natural sciences Article Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry lcsh:QD241-441 chemistry.chemical_compound lcsh:Organic chemistry Linalool Gram-Negative Bacteria Drug Discovery Oils Volatile lavender essential oil Humans Plant Oils Food science Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Skin Chemistry Organic Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Anti-Bacterial Agents 0104 chemical sciences 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Lavandula Eucalyptol Chemistry (miscellaneous)Face Monoterpenes Molecular Medicine 0210 nano-technology Lavandulol Geraniol facial skin microbiota Aromatherapy

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Lavender oil is one of the most valuable aromatherapy oils, its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal activities can be explained by main components such as linalool, linalyl acetate, lavandulol, geraniol, or eucalyptol. The aim of the study was to assess the anti-microbial effects of two different lavender oils on a mixed microbiota from facial skin. The commercial lavender oil and essential lavender oil from the Crimean Peninsula, whose chemical composition and activity are yet to be published, were used. Both oils were analysed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. The composition and properties of studied oils were significantly different. The commercial ETJA lavender oil contained 10% more linalool and linalyl acetate than the Crimean lavender oil. Both oils also had different effects on the mixed facial skin microbiota. The Gram-positive bacilli were more sensitive to ETJA lavender oil, and Gram-negative bacilli were more sensitive to Crimean lavender oil. However, neither of the tested oils inhibited the growth of Gram-positive cocci. The tested lavender oils decreased the cell number of the mixed microbiota from facial skin, but ETJA oil showed higher efficiency, probably because it contains higher concentrations of monoterpenoids and monoterpenes than Crimean lavender oil does.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2019-09-08	Molecules

https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24183270