Marifetli kekik

Doğada yetişen kekik bitkisinin her gün yeni bir tıbbi etkisi keşfediliyor En bilinen etkisi Antimikrobiyal etkisi dir. Hem bakterilere hem de viruslara etkilidir. Fakat yağ haline getirilip vücuda sürülmesi ciddi cilt yanıkları ile sonuçlanabilmektedir. Boğaz iltihabında kekik suyunun kaynatılıp gargara yapılması zararlı olmayacağı gibi faydalı da olabilir. Aşağıda; kekik bitkisinin antibakteriyel ve antiviral etkisinin araştırıldığı iki yazı verilmiştir.
 

Molecules. 2009 Nov 12;14(11):4614-24.
 

Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils from two species of Thymus growing wild in southern Italy.

De Martino LBruno MFormisano CDe Feo VNapolitano FRosselli SSenatore F.
 

Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (Salerno), Italy. ldemartino@unisa.it
 

The volatile constituents of the aerial parts of two samples of Thymus longicaulis C. Presl, collected in Campania and in Sicily, and two samples of Thymus pulegioides L. from the same regions, were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed. Considering the four oils together, seventy-eight different compounds were identified: 57 for Thymus longicaulis from Sicily (91.1% of the total oil), 40 for Thymus longicaulis from Campania (91.5% of the oil), 39 for Thymus pulegioides from Sicily (92.5% of the oil) and 29 for Thymus pulegioides from Campania (90.1% of the oil). The composition of the oils is different, although the most abundant components are identical in T. pulegioides. The essential oils showed antibacterial activity against eight selected microorganisms.

Phytomedicine. 2008 Jan;15(1-2):71-8. Epub 2007 Oct 31.
 

Inhibitory effect of essential oils against herpes simplex virus type 2.

Koch CReichling JSchneele JSchnitzler P.
 

Department of Virology, Hygiene Institute, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
 

Essential oils from anise, hyssop, thyme, ginger, camomile and sandalwood were screened for their inhibitory effect against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) in vitro on RC-37 cells using a plaque reduction assay. Genital herpes is a chronic, persistent infection spreading efficiently and silently as sexually transmitted disease through the population. Antiviral agents currently applied for the treatment of herpesvirus infections include acyclovir and its derivatives. The inhibitory concentrations (IC50) were determined at 0.016%, 0.0075%, 0.007%, 0.004%, 0.003% and 0.0015% for anise oil, hyssop oil, thyme oil, ginger oil, camomile oil and sandalwood oil, respectively. A clearly dose-dependent virucidal activity against HSV-2 could be demonstrated for all essential oils tested. In order to determine the mode of the inhibitory effect, essential oils were added at different stages during the viral infection cycle. At maximum noncytotoxic concentrations of the essential oils, plaque formation was significantly reduced by more than 90% when HSV-2 was preincubated with hyssop oil, thyme oil or ginger oil. However, no inhibitory effect could be observed when the essential oils were added to the cells prior to infection with HSV-2 or after the adsorption period. These results indicate that essential oils affected HSV-2 mainly before adsorption probably by interacting with the viral envelope. Camomile oil exhibited a high selectivity index and seems to be a promising candidate for topical therapeutic application as virucidal agents for treatment of herpes genitalis.

 

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