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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.

The essential oil obtained from leaves of Melissa officinalis L. (Family of Lamiaceae) growing in Algeria, was investigated for its chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity. The chemical composition was determined by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS and GC-FID. Sixty-three com...

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Autores principales: Abdellatif, Fahima, Boudjella, Hadjira, Zitouni, Abdelghani, Hassani, Aicha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417300
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author Abdellatif, Fahima
Boudjella, Hadjira
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Hassani, Aicha
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description The essential oil obtained from leaves of Melissa officinalis L. (Family of Lamiaceae) growing in Algeria, was investigated for its chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity. The chemical composition was determined by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS and GC-FID. Sixty-three compounds were identified in the essential oil, representing 94.10 % of the total oil and the yields were 0.34 %. The major component was geranial (44.20 %). Other predominant components were neral (30.20 %) and citronellal (6.30 %). The in vitro antimicrobial activity was determined by paper disk agar diffusion testing and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using 7 bacteria (3 Gram-positive and 4 Gram-negative), 2 yeasts and 3 fungi. The results showed that the essential oil presented high antimicrobial activity against all microorganisms targeted mainly against five human pathogenic bacteria, one yeast Candida albicans and two phytopathogenic fungi tested. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranged from 1.00 to 5.00 µL/mL.
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spelling pubmed-44643942015-09-28 Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L. Abdellatif, Fahima Boudjella, Hadjira Zitouni, Abdelghani Hassani, Aicha EXCLI J Original Article The essential oil obtained from leaves of Melissa officinalis L. (Family of Lamiaceae) growing in Algeria, was investigated for its chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial activity. The chemical composition was determined by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC/MS and GC-FID. Sixty-three compounds were identified in the essential oil, representing 94.10 % of the total oil and the yields were 0.34 %. The major component was geranial (44.20 %). Other predominant components were neral (30.20 %) and citronellal (6.30 %). The in vitro antimicrobial activity was determined by paper disk agar diffusion testing and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using 7 bacteria (3 Gram-positive and 4 Gram-negative), 2 yeasts and 3 fungi. The results showed that the essential oil presented high antimicrobial activity against all microorganisms targeted mainly against five human pathogenic bacteria, one yeast Candida albicans and two phytopathogenic fungi tested. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) ranged from 1.00 to 5.00 µL/mL. Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors 2014-07-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4464394/ /pubmed/26417300 Text en Copyright © 2014 Abdellatif et al. http://www.excli.de/documents/assignment_of_rights.pdf This is an Open Access article distributed under the following Assignment of Rights http://www.excli.de/documents/assignment_of_rights.pdf. You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abdellatif, Fahima
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Zitouni, Abdelghani
Hassani, Aicha
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title_full Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title_fullStr Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title_full_unstemmed Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title_short Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of Algerian Melissa officinalis L.
title_sort chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil from leaves of algerian melissa officinalis l.
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26417300
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