Browsing by Author "Fazouane, Fethia"

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Characterization and antibacterial activity of alkaloids and polyphenols extracts from Haplophyllum tuberculatum (Forssk.) A. Juss.
(Pamukkale University, 2023) Djouahra-Fahem, Djamila; Bensmail, Souhila; Bouteldja, Razika; Messad, Sara; Ferhoum, Fatiha; Bourfis, Nassima; Acheuk, Fatma; Fazouane, Fethia
Haplophyllum tuberculatum is a medicinal plant belonging to the Rutaceae family, is renowned for its various therapeutic properties. This study aims to characterize the alkaloids and polyphenol extracts from this plant and assess their antibacterial activity. Herein, the extraction of polyphenols and alkaloids from this plant was performed by the maceration method. Folin Ciacalteu's method was used to estimate the total phenolic content, and the qualitative characterization of the two extracts was performed by thin-layer chromatography. Whilst, the antibacterial activity of the two extracts was tested with the disk diffusion method on a solid medium and the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of susceptible bacteria was determined using the agar dilution method. Our results indicate respective yields of 8.39% in polyphenols and 0.37% in alkaloid extracts, while the total phenolic content was estimated to be 74.45 mg GAE/g of dry matter in polyphenolic extract. Thin-layer chromatography analysis allowed choosing the system toluene-acetate-ethanol-concentrated ammonia (40:4:8:3, v/v) to separate H. tuberculatum alkaloids, and ethyl acetate-methanol-water (100:13.5:10, v/v/) for the separation of its polyphenols. The same analysis detected traces of quercitin, catechin, and rutin in the polyphenolic extract. Our findings demonstrated good antibacterial activity on Gram-positive strains such as Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633, and moderate activity on Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27953, with MICs ranging from 0.625 to 10 mg/mL for alkaloids and from 5 to 20 mg/mL for polyphenols.
Ethnobotanical study, phytochemical characterization and healing effect of carthamus coeruleusL. Rhizomes
(2013) Benhamou, Amina; Fazouane, Fethia
Objective of this work is ethnobotanical, phytochemical and healing effect of carthamus coeruleus (Asteraceae)...
Evaluation of some biological activities of phenolic compounds obtained from two Algerian medicinal plants : mentha rotundifolia and satureja calamintha
(2020) Benfares, Redhouane; Boudjema, Khaled; Behlali, Hadjira; Imedjdouben, Imene; Kennas, Abderrezak; Fazouane, Fethia; Jaroslava, Švarc-Gajić
In this work phytochemical characterization of two medicinal plants from Lamiaceae family, Mentha rotundifolia and Satureja calamintha, has been carried out. Extracts obtained with different solvents were screened for different plant secondary metabolites and were biologically characterized by defining their antiradical and antibacterial activi-ties. Phytochemical screening of M. rotundifolia and S. calamintha confirmed their rich-ness in different secondary metabolites. The determination of phenolic compounds revea-led high polyphenols contents in water: methanol (30:70) extracts with concentrations of 20.64±1.74 mg EAG/g DW and 13.45±0.91 mg EAG/g DW for M. rotundifolia and S. calamintha, respectively. These extracts were also characterized by high concentrations of flavonoids (Mentha rotundifolia 12.33±1.58 mg EQ/g DW, Satureja calamintha 7.11±0.02 mg EQ/g DW). Furthermore, the water:methanol (30:70) extract of M. rotun-difolia was the most effective in inhibiting free radicals. Recorded inhibition diameters for both plant samples and tested microbial strains ranged from 6.66 mm to 13.66 mm. Presented results confirmed that tested indigenous Algerian plants are favorable sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties
Experimental determination and modelization of sorption curves of origanum majorana and mentha pulegium leaves
(2013) Benhamou, Amina; Fazouane, Fethia
Microencapsulation of Thymus fontanesii extracts in pectin/casein : characterization, release behavior and storage stability
(Springer, 2021) Mebarki, Noudjoub; Ziane, Hanifa; Fazouane, Fethia; Nabiev, Mohamed
The present study aims to enhance the stability of Thymus fontanesii essential oil (TEO) and its main component thymol, and to prolong their release from encapsulation in pectin/casein matrix using complex coacervation and dried by freeze methods. Encapsulation efficiency, structural, physical and thermal properties of the microcapsules were determined. Storage stability of free and microencapsulated thyme extracts was evaluated and the controlled release kinetics of microcapsules in simulated gastrointestinal fluids were studied. Respectively, the successes of TEO and thymol encapsulation were confirmed by FTIR and X-ray diffraction analyses with encapsulation efficiency of 91.85 ± 1.35% and 93.66 ± 1.13%. The particle size ranged from 4.47 to 517.20 μm, presented a good thermal resistance and irregular shapes with rough surface. Prolonged release of the extracts from microcapsules was demonstrated with Higuchi behavior in gastric fluids while for simulated intestinal fluid, the non-Fickian transport was the main release mechanism. The microencapsulation of thyme extracts enhanced its thermal stability and proved that the thyme extracts were effectively well protected in microcapsules after a long time storage. The use of pectin/casein has shown good performance as a biodegradable matrix for protection and storage of thyme extracts, prolonging their storage stability and release. Therefore, these microcapsules can be useful ingredients for both food and pharmaceutical new products, to prolong bioavailability of bioactive compounds and to improve their thermal and storage stability