%0 Journal Article
%T Comparative Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activities of Myrtus communis L. Essential Oils Isolated from Tunisian and Algerian Population
%A Asma Ben Ghnaya
%A Chokri Messoud
%A Hnia Chograni
%A Mohamed Boussaid
%J Open Journal of Immunology
%D 2013
%R 10.4172/2157-7471.1000186
%X The chemical composition of Essential oils isolated by hydrodistillation from leaves of Tunisian and Algerian Myrtus communis L. population was analyzed by gas chromatography (GC) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Twenty three compounds were identified, representing 93.73% of total oil, which was found to be rich in monoterpenes hydrocarbons (53.38%) particularly ¦Á-Pin¨¨ne (35.30%) and ¦Á-limon¨¨ne (14.76%). The physico-chemical properties were determined. The percentage of all components varied within and among population. The highest percentages of ¦Á-Pin¨¨ne (45.4%) and 1.8-Cineole (35.7%) were observed in the Algerian population. The percentage of ¦Á-limon¨¨ne was significantly higher in the Tunisian population (18.16%). The study of antibacterial activity revealed that 10 ¦Ìl of Myrtus communis L. essential oil significantly inhibited the growth of five tested bacteria especially Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Salmonella sp., and Listeria sp
%K Asma Ben Ghnaya
%K Hnia Chograni
%K Chokri Messoud and Mohamed Boussaid
%K Myrtus communis L
%K Myrtacea
%K Essential oils
%K Hydrodistillation
%K ¦Á-Pin¨¨ne
%K 1.8-Cineole
%K Antibacterial activity
%U https://www.longdom.org/abstract/comparative-chemical-composition-and-antibacterial-activities-of-myrtus-communis-l-essential-oils-isolated-from-tunisian-7820.html