Analysis of antibacterial and antioxidant potential of commercial essential oils from Tuzla markets

Essential oils are natural products that contain a wide range of biologically active organic compounds. Therefore, they intensively researched as potential antioxidant, antimicrobial and antitumor preparations, which could to some extent replace the classic synthetic drugs used treat various pathological conditions. In this paper, antioxidant antibacterial activity selected essential available in local markets area Tuzla was examined. The efficiency neutralization free radicals determined by spectrophotometric method, while diffusion technique on reference bacterial strains. For showed activity, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using dilution technique. results commercial have high ability neutralize DPPH vitro. confirmed for tea tree, eucalyptus, immortelle wormwood, lemon cedar extremely weak activity. Â