+ Models MYCMED-585; No. of Pages 7 Please cite this article in press as: Sharifzadeh A, et al. Evaluation of antioxidant and antifungal properties of the traditional plants against foodborne fungal pathogens. Journal De Mycologie Médicale (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mycmed.2015.11.002 ORIGINAL ARTICLE/ARTICLE ORIGINAL Evaluation of antioxidant and antifungal properties of the traditional plants against foodborne fungal pathogens E ´ valuation des proprie ´te ´s antioxydantes et antifongiques de plantes traditionnelles contre des champignons pre ´ sents dans l’alimentation A. Sharifzadeh a, * , A. Jebeli Javan b , H. Shokri c , S. Abbaszadeh d , K. Keykhosravy b a Mycology research center, faculty of veterinary medicine, university of Tehran, Azadi Street, Tehran, Iran b Department of food hygiene, faculty of veterinary medicine, Semnan university, Semnan, Iran c Faculty of veterinary medicine, Amol university of special modern technologies, Amol, Iran d Health research center, Baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, Tehran, Iran Received 27 June 2015; received in revised form 14 November 2015; accepted 22 November 2015 KEYWORDS Foodborne pathogens; Spoilage fungi; Thymus vulgaris; Essential oil; Antifungal and antioxidant activity Summary Objective. — To determine the antioxidant and antifungal activities of the essential oils from five aromatic herbs, including Thymus vulgaris, Chamaemelum nobile, Ziziphora clinopodioides, Zingiber officinale and Cuminum cyminum, against different Aspergillus and Penicillium species. Methods. — The oils were subjected to screening for their possible antioxidant activity using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay. The susceptibility test for the oils was carried out in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) using microdilution method. Results. — The values of the essential oils in DPPH assay were as follows: T. vulgaris (450.11 Æ 5.23 mg/mL), Ch. nobile (602.73 Æ 4.8 mg/mL), Ziz. clinopodioides (1238.82 Æ 9.3 mg/mL), Cu. cyminum (1255.52 Æ 8.92 mg/mL) and Zin. officinale (5595.06 Æ 8.24 mg/mL). Our findings also indicated a strong activity against tested fungi for the oil of T. vulgaris (1250 mg/mL), followed by Cu. cyminum (1416 mg/mL), Zin. officinale (1833 mg/mL), Ziz. clinopodioides (2166 mg/mL) and Journal de Mycologie Médicale (2015) xxx, xxx—xxx * Corresponding author. E-mail address: asharifzadeh@ut.ac.ir (A. Sharifzadeh). Available online at ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mycmed.2015.11.002 1156-5233/# 2015 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.