Biological activities and acute oral toxicity of citronella and lemongrass oil

Ji Yong Park; Jin Yoon Kim; Seung Hee Jang; Hae Jung Kim; Seung Jin Lee; Seung Chun Park

doi:10.14405/kjvr.2015.55.1.13

Biological activities and acute oral toxicity of citronella and lemongrass oil

Ji Yong Park, Jin Yoon Kim, Seung Hee Jang, Hae Jung Kim, Seung Jin Lee, Seung Chun Park

Department of Veterinary Medicine

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Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the antibacterial, antioxidant, and termite repellent effects of citronella oil (CiO) and lemongrass oil (LO). When the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus (S.) aureus with various levels of antibacterial resistance were tested, a 0.05% concentration of CiO and LO completely inhibited the growth of all tested S. aureus strains. Evaluation of the antioxidant effect demonstrated that the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity of CiO was 2∼3 times greater than that of LO. Among trial products made with various combinations of CiO and LO, a CiO : LO ratio of 6 : 4 had the most potent termite repellent effects. Assessment of acute toxicity of the trial product showed that the LD₅₀ was more than 2,000 mg/kg. Based on the above results, CiO and LO have antibacterial, antioxidant, and termite repellent activities. Therefore, both compounds could be potential termites repellent reagents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13-20
Number of pages	8
Journal	Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
Volume	55
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14405/kjvr.2015.55.1.13
State	Published - 2015

Keywords

Citronella oil
DPPH
Lemongrass oil
Termites repellent

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