EVALUATION OF THE ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS AGAINST E. COLI ISOLATED FROM RABBITS

The antibacterial activity of essential oils extracted from Origanum compactum, Thymus capitatus, Foeniculum vulgare, and Rosmarinus officinalis was assessed with the well diffusion method a microbroth dilution assay against E. coli isolated carcasses rabbits. chemical composition these also determined by gas chromatography coupled mass spectrometry (GC/MS). results this study indicate that high phenol content exert strong coli. Essential compactum capitatus containing amounts monoterpenoid phenols thymol carvacrol (68.99% 95.25% composition, respectively) were particularly effective low values MIC = 0.3125% v/v MBC 0.625% to report. oil vulgare possessed moderate (MIC 50 % v/v) non-bactericidal effect, while ineffective at concentrations tested.