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Algerian wild fennel essential oils: chromatographic profile, acute toxicity, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities
(Springer, 2022) Dahman, Karima; Moghrani, Houria; Deghbar, Nahla; Ouare, Salima; Alla, Karim; Arab, Karim
The present study deals with the characterization of essential oils from umbels and seeds of Algerian wild (bitter) fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill. Var vulgare) by determining the chromatographic profile, lethal dose (LD50), antioxidant and antimicrobial activities, as well as a kinetic modeling study of the extraction of the seed-based essential oils. The extrac- tion of essential oils (EOs) was performed by hydrodistillation using Clevenger for 3.5 and 6 h for the umbels and seeds, respectively. The two mathematical models from the experimental data show a good fit with an R2 of 99.99 and 98.94%. GC/ MS analyses of fennel EOs showed that fennel was rich in different oxygenated monoterpenes compounds. However, while fenchone was the main compound in fennel seeds (FSEO), fennel umbel EO (FUEO) mainly contained α-pinene, o-cymene, sylvestrene, fenchone, Endo-fenchyl acetate, and carvacrol. The acute toxicity study of FSEO showed a lethal dose (LD50) of 4.9085 ± 0.1213 g/kg body weight in mice. Based on the free radical scavenging method using BHT as a positive control, the IC50 values were 9.9658 ± 0.057 mg/mL and 0.4570 ± 0.0456 mg/mL for FSEO and BHT, respectively. The study of antimicrobial activity in two gram-negative bacteria: Echerichi coli (ATCC 8739), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 9027), and one gram-positive bacterium: Bacilus subtilis (ATCC 6633), as well as two fungal strains: Candida albicans (ATCC 10,231), Saccaromyces cerevisiaes (ATCC 9763), revealed that the fungal strains were more susceptible to FSEO and showed a significant fungicidal effect. The results of this study highlight the high quality of Algerian wild fennel, and the possibility of recovering it for use in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries
Phytochemical screening of Algerian borago officinalis L. and evaluation of its antioxidant and antimicrobial activities against respiratory pathogens
(Advanced Research Journals, 2014) Afif Chaouche, Thanina; Arab, Karim; Bendahou, Mourad
Context and purpose of the study: Infectious diseases represent a serious problem of public health in countries where resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is spreading alarmingly. Such situation leads researchers to make efforts so they can isolate or synthesize new antimicrobial molecules or molecules that inhibit the resistance mechanisms. Medicinal plants can represent a rich source of such molecules. In this context, Borago offccinaiis L, a medicinal species which is used traditionally in Algeria to heal infectious diseases of respiratory system is studied. Both of chemical composition and biological activities were explored. Main findings: GC-MS analysis of the essential oil reveals the Spathulenol as the most abundant component (38.24%). The HPLC applied on flavonoids extract shows the presence of the Caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, Rutin, Rosmarinic acid, Quercetin and the Gallic acid. The test of the antioxidant capacity using the DPPH method reveal an inhibiting effect which is more important with the flavonoid extract with an EC 50 = 4.02± 0.06μg/ml. Otherwise, resistant strains to conventional antibiotics seem to be sensitive to the flavonoids with MICs varying from10.14μg/ml to 81.12μg/ml. Brief summary and potential implications: This study indicates that Borago offccinalss L. has an important antimicrobial effect, which justifies its potential use in infectious diseases. This species remains poorly investigated, further refined studies on its pure secondary metabolites are needed, in the perspective of identifying new antimicrobial molecules from this plant

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