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REVIEW ON ANTIMICROBIAL MECHANISMS OF SPICES - ESSENTIAL OIL CONSTITUENTS

Mangamma Boya, Soni Komal Laxman, Yugesh Kannth N, Sundara Barathi K, Naveen Saji, Nethavath Akesh, Prateek Ekbote, Usha Amane, Jeepipalli Syam PK*

Spices have been employed as a flavoring and coloring agents. Essential oils of spices have wide antimicrobial functions. Specific constituents of the essential oils inhibit the synthesis of bacterial cell division proteins, cell membrane depolarization, decrease adenosine triphosphate and disturbing the ionic equilibrium. In the fungal species, the constituents of essential oils decrease the ergosterol synthesis interact with delta-14-sterol reductase, affecting mitochondrial enzymes and accelerating the telomere shortening. Present review discussed the antibacterial and antifungal mechanisms of spices ‘essential oil constituents’.