ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year : 2017 | Volume
: 8 | Issue : 3 | Page : 86--90
African peppermint (Mentha piperita) from Morocco: Chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of essential oil
Chraibi Marwa1, Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim1, Douae Ou-Yahia1, Abdellah Farah2
1 Department of Biology, Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Saïss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
2 Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology Saïss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Correspondence Address:
Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim
Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology Saïss, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Fez
Morocco
To replace and avoid synthetic chemicals toxicity, there is a growing interest in the investigation of natural products from plant origin for the discovery of active compounds with antimicrobial properties. This work was devoted to determine chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of the EO of M. piperita harvested in the garden of the National Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Morocco. Experiments have been conducted at the Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory at the Sciences and Technology Faculty, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco. M. piperita oil was screened for its antimicrobial activity against seven bacteria and two fungi using broth microdilution method. Chemical EO analysis was performed using CPG/MS. The EO revealed menthol (46.32%), menthofuran (13.18%), menthyl acetate (12.10%), menthone (7.42%), and 1,8-cineole (6.06%) as the main constituents. The tested EO exhibited strong inhibitory effect against all tested microorganisms with minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 0.062% to 0.5% (v/v), except for Pseudomonas aeruginosa that was the least sensitive and was only inhibited by concentrations as high as 0.5% (v/v). The studied EO showed an antimicrobial potential. This reinforces its use as an alternative to chemical additives that can be applied to the food and drug industry.
How to cite this article:
Marwa C, Fikri-Benbrahim K, Ou-Yahia D, Farah A. African peppermint (Mentha piperita) from Morocco: Chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of essential oil.J Adv Pharm Technol Res 2017;8:86-90
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Marwa C, Fikri-Benbrahim K, Ou-Yahia D, Farah A. African peppermint (Mentha piperita) from Morocco: Chemical composition and antimicrobial properties of essential oil. J Adv Pharm Technol Res [serial online] 2017 [cited 2023 Apr 1 ];8:86-90
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