Antiviral Activity of Selected Essential Oils against Cucumber Mosaic Virus
Elżbieta Paduch-Cichal,
Ewa Mirzwa-Mróz,
Patrycja Wojciechowska,
Katarzyna Bączek,
Olga Kosakowska,
Zenon Węglarz,
Marek Stefan Szyndel
Affiliations
Elżbieta Paduch-Cichal
Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Mirzwa-Mróz
Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Patrycja Wojciechowska
Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Bączek
Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Olga Kosakowska
Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Zenon Węglarz
Department of Vegetable and Medicinal Plants, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Marek Stefan Szyndel
Section of Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Horticultural Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS-SGGW), ul. Nowoursynowska, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
The aim of the study was to assess the antiviral activity of selected essential oils (EOs) against Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), both in vitro and in vivo. The observations were made using Chenopodium quinoa as a local host. The EOs were obtained from Greek oregano, thyme, and costmary. Their chemical composition was determined using GC/FID followed by GC/MS. The dominant compound in oregano EO was carvacrol (59.41%), in thyme EO—thymol (59.34%), and in costmary EO—β-thujone (90.60%). Among the analysed EOs, thyme EO exhibited the most promising effects against CMV. However, its activity was influenced by the time of application. In an in vivo experiment, thyme EO showed protective (pre-inoculation) rather than curative (post-inoculation) activity.
