Essential oils of lemon and eucalyptus have been used in aromatherapy and cosmetic. The therapeutic properties were many studied a lot and proved that the oils could help to relieve several myalgia and symptoms related to cold and fever, however lemon...
Essential oils of lemon and eucalyptus have been used in aromatherapy and cosmetic. The therapeutic properties were many studied a lot and proved that the oils could help to relieve several myalgia and symptoms related to cold and fever, however lemon and eucalyptus essential oils were not well studied about antioxidant and antimicrobial activity. especially against skin flora In this study, we studied antioxidant activity and antimicrobial activity by using DPPH radical scavening activity and paper disc method. DPPH radical scavening avtivity showed that the lemon oil had 79% inhibition rate at 10% concentration. The eucalyptus oils had little effect on antioxidant activity. Also, combination of these oils had little enhancememt on antioxidant activity. Paper disk method demonstrated that the eucalyptus oil had a high antimicrobial effect against especially Candida albicans causing athlete’s foot disease and Propionibacterium acnes causing acne pimples in a concentration dependent manner. The lemon oil had little antimicrobial effect, and the combination of these oils had enhancememt on antimicrobial effect against propioni bacterium acne. The results of these studies suggest that the lemon oil had significant antioxidant activity and eucalyptus oil had significant antimicrobial activity. the combination of these oils had synergy effect against propionibacterium acne. in conclusion, because lemon oil and eucalyptus oil has antifungal action and effect on removing acne. These oils can be used to cure trouble skin or acne care as a natural antimicrobial agent and antioxidant.