Issue

Vol. 27 No. 10 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 10

Copyright (c) 2015 AJC

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Morphological, Chemical and Antibacterial Characteristics of Laurus nobilis L. Growing in Tunisia

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.19009
H. Marzouki
Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biologically Active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
H. Mighri
Arid Land Institute, Km 22.5 Djorf, Medenine, Tunisia
K. Belhaj Salah
Laboratory of Transmissible Diseases and Biologically Active Substances, Faculty of Pharmacy, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
D. Falconieri
Istituto Tecnico Industriale Statale ‘Michele Giua’, Via Montecassino, 09100 Cagliari, Italy
A. Piras
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0,700, 09042, Monserrato, Italy

Corresponding Author(s) : H. Marzouki

hanen_marzouki7@yahoo.fr

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 27 No. 10 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 10

Abstract

This study shows the variations between ten Laurus nobilis L. trees from different Tunisian localities in relation to the morphological parameters, composition of essential oils extracted from leaves and their antibacterial activity. Aggregation of trees according to their geographical origin seems not evident. Two main groups of populations were clearly separated according principally, to the leaves size and the inflorescences number. The leaves essential oil composition did not vary throughout the Laurus nobilis L. trees and all analyzed samples were dominated by oxygenated monoterpenes 1,8-cineole, methyl eugenol and a-terpinyl acetate. Specially, oils rich in 1,8-cineole were demonstrated to have potent activities against the S. aureus and E. faecalis. Individual plant evaluation, however, remains the only way to effectively seek for well defined essential oil composition or specific combinations of morphological and analytical characters.

Keywords

Morphological Chemical Antibacterial Laurus nobilis L. Tunisia
Marzouki, H., Mighri, H., Belhaj Salah, K., Falconieri, D., & Piras, A. (2015). Morphological, Chemical and Antibacterial Characteristics of Laurus nobilis L. Growing in Tunisia. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 27(10), 3838–3842. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.19009
Download Citation
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS)
BibTeX
References
  1. S.M. Castroviejo, G. Lainz, P. Lopez-Gonzalez, F. Montserrat, J. Munoz-Garmendia and L. Paiva-Vilmlar, Flora Iberica, vol. 1 - Lycopodiaceae-papaveraceae, Real Jardín Botánico, C.S.I.C., Madrid, pp. 198-200 (1986).
  2. G.P. Alapetite, Flore de la Tunisie, Imp. Off de la Repub. Tunisienne, p. 164 (1979).
  3. G. Flamini, P.L. Cioni and I. Morelli, J. Agric. Food Chem., 50, 4647 (2002); doi:10.1021/jf020269x.
  4. H. Marzouki, A. Piras, K.B.H. Salah, H. Medini, T. Pivetta, S. Bouzid, B. Marongiu and D. Falconieri, Nat. Prod. Res., 23, 343 (2009); doi:10.1080/14786410802076200.
  5. H. Marzouki, A. Khaldi, R. Chamli, S. Bouzid, A. Piras, D. Falconieri and B. Marongiu, Nat. Prod. Res., 23, 230 (2009); doi:10.1080/14786410801976400.
  6. H. Marzouki, A. Elaissi, A. Khaldi, S. Bouzid, D. Falconieri, B. Marongiu, A. Piras and S. Porcedda, The Open Nat. Prod. J., 2, 86 (2010); doi:10.2174/1874848100902010086.
  7. H. Marzouki, A, Khaldi, B. Marongiu, A. Piras and F. Harzallah-Skhiri, Nat. Prod. Commun., 6, 1483 (2011).
  8. H. Marzouki, N. Nasri, B. Jouaud, C. Bonnet, A. Khaldi, B. Bouzid and B. Fady, Silvae Genet., 58, 5 (2009).
  9. S. Simard, J.-M. Hachey and G.J. Collin, J. Wood Chem. Technol., 8, 561 (1988); doi:10.1080/02773818808070701.
  10. R.P. Adams, Allured Publ. Corp.: Carol Stream, IL (USA) (1995).
  11. NIST/EPA/NIH. Mass Spectral Library, National Institute of Standard and Technology, Gaithersburg (2002).
  12. A. Marmonier, © SIMEP SA-PARIS, France, pp. 238-244 (1987).
  13. V. Vaida and L. Kristina, Botanica Lithuanica, 19, 37 (2013).
  14. M. Riaz, C.M. Ashraf and F.M. Chaudhary, Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., 32, 33 (1989).
  15. Z.K.Y.F. Lin Hua, G. P. Gong and Y.H. Gu, Acta Bot. Sin., 32, 878 (1990).
  16. H. Baghdadi, H.S.S. Ahmad, G. Fournier and A.M. Refaat, J. Egypt. Horticult., 19, 93 (1993).
  17. E. Putievsky, U. Ravid, N. Snir and D. Sanderovich, Israel J. Bot., 33, 47 (1994).
  18. C. Fiorini, I. Fouraste, B. David and J.M. Bessiere, Flavour Fragrance J., 12, 91 (1997); doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1026(199703)12:2<91::AID-FFJ623>3.0.CO;2-3.
  19. M. Verdian-rizi and A. Hadjiakhoondi, Z. Naturforsch. C, 63, 785 (2008); doi:10.1515/znc-2008-11-1201.
  20. N. Paster, B.J. Juven, E. Shaaya, M. Menasherov, R. Nitzan, H. Weisslowicz and U. Ravid, Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 11, 33 (1990); doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.1990.tb00130.x.
  21. G. Pintore, M. Usai, P. Bradesi, C. Juliano, G. Boatto, F. Tomi, M. Chessa, R. Cerri and J. Casanova, Flavour Fragrance J., 17, 15 (2002); doi:10.1002/ffj.1022.
  22. K. Bel Hadj Salah, I. Chraief, F. Bannour, M. Hammami, R. Chemli and M. Aouni, Microbiol. Hygiene Aliment., 17, 31 (2005).
  23. E. Dellacassa, P. Menendez and P. Moyna, Fitoterapia, 60, 545 (1989).
  24. D. Zakarya and S. Fkhih-Tetouani, Plantes Médicinales et Phytothérapie, 26, 331 (1993).
  25. J.C. Chalchat, R.P. Garry, C. Menut, G. Lamaty, R. Malhuret and J. Chopineau, J. Essent. Oil Res., 9, 67 (1997); doi:10.1080/10412905.1997.9700717.
Read More
Author biographies is not available.
Download
PDF
Statistic
Read Counter : 0 Download : 0