1Mohammed V University in Rabat, Higher School of Technology of Sale, Material, Energetic and Acoustics Team, Sale, Morocco
2Forest Research Center, Rabat, Morocco
3Ibn Tofail University of Kenitra, Faculty of Sciences, Laboratory of Agrophysiology, Biotechnology, Environment and Quality
*Corresponding Author E-mail: oussama.chauiyakh@gmail.com
Online Published on 08 June, 2022.
As part of the valorization of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants (AMP) in Morocco, we studied the chemical composition and the antibacterial and antifungal activities of Teucrium polium Essential Oil harvested in a region of Pre-Rif, Taza in Morocco (Bni Krama). After extraction of the essential oil (EO) by hydro-distillation process, the study of the chemical composition of this EO was carried out by gas chromatography (GPC) and GC/MS (gas chromatography- mass spectrometry), and the evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity was carried out against eleven microbial strains by determining the minimum concentration inhibitor. The yield after extraction by hydro-distillation is 0.71%. After (CPG) of the essence of this plant, sixty-eight components have been identified, of which a-Pinene is the major component (21.96%). It is followed by Limonene (18.77%), and P-Pinene (8.46%). The essential oil of T. polium (EOTP) has shown strong antibacterial and antifungal activity. This bioactivity is mainly due to the richness of this essence in terpenes known by their effectiveness against microbial agents. This essential oil is very rich in chemical molecules. Antimicrobial tests show that this EOTP has a broad spectrum on molds, fungi and bacteria.
Antibacterial activity, Antifungal Activity, Aromatic and Medicinal Plant (AMP), Gas Chromatography (GC), Essential oil (EO), Teucrium Polium
