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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
pharmacology, toxicology and pharmaceutics
Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity of Essential Oils of Mentha suaveolens
Phytotherapy Research, Volume 16, No. 8, Year 2002
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The essential oils (EO) of Mentha suaveolens, a wild Labiatae, which grows in several regions in Morocco, were characterized and their antimicrobial activity assessed. The main aromatic constituents of this plant, as characterized by IR, NMR and MS studies, were pulegone, piperitenone oxide (PEO) and piperitone oxide (PO) occurring in different amounts depending on the subspecies. These constituents as well as a series of other aromatic products such as carvone, limonene and menthone, were tested for their antimicrobial activity against 19 bacteria including Gram-positive and Gram-negative and against three fungi, using solid phase and microtitration assays. Pulegone-rich essential oil inhibited efficiently all the microorganisms tested with MICs ranging between 0.69 and 2.77 ppm. Among the components from Mentha suaveolens EO, pulegone was the most effective against the tested microorganisms, followed by PEO and PO. The structure-activity relationship is discussed on the basis of the activity of the other aromatic derivatives tested such as carvone, limonene, menthone and the profile of the essential oils of Mentha suaveolens was compared with other Mentha species. Copyright ©2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Oumzil, Hicham
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Ghoulami, S.
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Rhajaoui, Mohamed
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan Ii
Ilidrissi, A.
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan Ii
Fkih-Tétouani, Souâd
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Paid, M.
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan Ii
Benjouad, Abdelaziz
Morocco, Rabat
Faculté Des Sciences Rabat
Morocco, Agdal Rabat
Institut National D'hygiène
Statistics
Citations: 230
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ptr.1045
ISSN:
0951418X
Study Locations
Morocco