Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Cupressus arizonica Greene

Chéraif, Imed; Jannet, Hichem Ben; Hammami, Mohamed; Khouja, M. L.; Mighri, Zine

doi:10.1016/j.bse.2007.05.009

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“…In our samples, this compound was not detected and this result is similar to EOs from Italian, Texan, Algerian and French C. arizonica (Adams et al, 1997;Chanegriha et al, 1997;Pierre-Leandri et al, 2003). The differences found between the main constituents of the EO obtained from C. arizonica cultivated in Tunisia and those cultivated in other countries can be related to the climate and soils differences (Chéraif et al, 2007). Our data support the observation that the composition of Cupressus EO is significantly dependent on the geographic origin of the plants, since the relative amounts of the most abundant components can be considerably different in EOs from plants cultivated in Texas (Adams et al, 1997), Argentina (Malizia et al, 2000) and France (Pierre-Leandri et al, 2003); umbellulone can be found in much higher amounts than ␣-pinene in Algerian plants (Chanegriha et al, 1997); or the main constituents do not include umbellulone in plants cultivated in Iran (Afsharypuor and Tavakoli, 2005).…”

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“…The Arizona cypress is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree, used for windbreaks in desert areas and as a timber source. Recently, the EO of this species has been reported to have important biological activities, namely larvicidal activity (Sedaghat et al, 2011), antimicrobial activity (Chéraif et al, 2007), and antifungal activity against Aspergillus flavus (Ali et al, 2013) and the anthracnose-causing fungal plant pathogens Colletotrichum acutatum, Colletotrichum fragariae and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Adams et al, 1997).…”

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Antifungal activity of the essential oils from Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica and var. glabra

Khouaja

Oliveira

Raïes

et al. 2015

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a b s t r a c tThe composition and the evaluation of the antifungal activity and the mechanisms of action of the essential oils (EO) of Cupressus arizonica leaves of two varieties, glabra and arizonica, were studied. EOs were extracted by hydrodistillation and the chemical composition was determined by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Both var. arizonica and var. glabra EOs, displayed high contents of ␣-pinene (29.76% and 26.53%, respectively) and umbellulone (11.86% and 15.05%, respectively). The antifungal activity of the EOs of both varieties against pathogenic yeasts of the genus Candida was investigated and showed that very low concentrations of var. glabra EO, such as 5.10 −2 l/ml, were sufficient to inhibit growth of most of the species, while, all species, except Candida albicans (MIC = 5 × 10 −2 l/ml), were inhibited for growth with only 10 −2 l/ml when the EO of var. arizonica was used.The cytotoxicity of the EOs was assessed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (used as a yeast experimental model) wild type and mutants affected in oxidative stress response and DNA repair pathways. Oxidative stress imposed by the EOs was determined by flow cytometry and the genotoxicity was assessed by yeast comet assay. A higher loss of yeast viability was observed with incubation of the EO from var. arizonica (5 × 10 −2 l/ml, 60% viability loss) compared to var. glabra (5 × 10 −2 l/ml, 30% viability loss). DNA damage was observed as long comet tails when cells were exposed to the EO of var. arizonica and of var. glabra, (17 and 13 m, respectively), compared to the negative control (5 m). Intracellular oxidation increased in cells treated with the EOs, the var. arizonica being more active in the oxidant activity. The results obtained with the wild type yeast strain suggest that the EOs cause toxicity via an oxidative mechanism. To investigate the mechanism of oxidation, mutants affected in the oxidative stress response (yap1) and base excision repair DNA pathway (apn1) were investigated. The results show that the yap1 and apn1 yeast mutant strains are more sensitive to EOs than the wild type. For mutants affected in nucleotide excision repair (rad4), a pathway not involved in the repair of oxidative DNA damage, the results were similar to those obtained with the wild type.

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confidence: 98%

Antifungal activity of the essential oils from Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica and var. glabra

Khouaja

Oliveira

Raïes

et al. 2015

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“…Additionally, the oil showed moderate activity against most of the bacteria tested (E. coli and S. aureus). On the other hand, it was noted that P. aeruginosa was not very sensitive to all the tested oils (Chéraif et al, 2007). Additionally, the cypress essential oil was found to have moderate antimicrobial activity when compared to vancomycin (30 mcg) and erythromycin (15 mcg) as antibiotics (Toroglu, 2007).…”

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Chemical Composition, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Leaves Essential Oils from Syzygium cumini L., Cupressus sempervirens L. and Lantana camara L. from Egypt

Elansary¹,

Salem²,

Ashmawy³

et al. 2012

JAS

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Leaves essential oils of Syzygium cumini L. Cupressus sempervirens L. and Lantana camara L., from Alexandria, Egypt were analysed by Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The antibacterial and antioxidant activities were assessed for each oil using minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) methods; respectively. The main oil constitutes were α-pinene (17.53%), α-terpineol (16.67 %) and alloocimene (13.55%) in S. cumini, trans-caryophyllene (15.57%) and α-humulene (9.16%) in L. camara and cedrol (21.29%), ∆ 3 -carene (17.85%) and α-pinene (6.9%) in C. Sempervirens. The antibacterial activity was studied against some bacterial strains. The oil of S. cumini demonstrated strong inhibition activity against the tested bacterial strains. The total antioxidant activity (TAA %) was 11.13, 9.13, 3.13% for S. cumini, L. camara and C. sempervirens, respectively. Our work revealed that the studied leaf oils are new promising potential sources of antioxidants and antibacterial compounds and good future practical applications for human and plant health.

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“…Previous reports have shown that various volatile components from plants, including α-pinene and β-pinene, have inhibitory effects on the growth of Gram-positive bacteria (Leite et al, 2007). In addition, Cupressus species produce various components that have antibacterial activity (Cheraif et al, 2007). It should be noted that the water solubility of linalool is higher (1.336 g/l) than α-pinene (0.018 g/L), β-pinene (0.023 g/L) (Cal, 2006).…”

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Development and evaluation of a plant-based air filter system for bacterial growth control

Choi¹,

Lee²,

Jeon³

et al. 2013

Afr. J. Biotechnol.

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We investigated a novel plant-based air filter system for bacterial growth control. The volatile components released from the experimental plant (Cupressus macrocarpa) were used as the basis of the bacterial growth control and inhibition. We monitored the effect of light on the gas exhausted from the system, and we found that the presence of light induced an increase in the O 2 concentration and a decrease in the CO 2 concentration in the exhaust gas. A variety of Gram-positive and -negative bacteria was used to elucidate the effect of the exhaust gas on bacterial growth. In the Bacillus subtilis cultivation aerated with the exhaust gas (batch mode), we observed a decrease in the specific growth rate (µ = 0.227 h ). The same result was observed for the Staphylococcus aureus cultivation aerated with the exhaust gas. In the case of Gram-negative bacterial cultivation aerated with the gas, no significant inhibitory effect of the exhaust gas on the bacterial growth was observed. When the number of bacteria (B. subtilis) in a continuous culture was varied at different aeration rates (between 50 to 200 mL/min) using the exhaust gas, a prominent inhibitory effect was observed. Preliminary gas analysis showed that the major inhibitory factors in the exhaust gas are α-and β-pinene and linalool. The results show that the air filter system used in this study could be applied not only as a methodological aspect for estimating antibacterial activity but also for bacteria control in a given system.

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Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils of Cupressus arizonica Greene

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Antifungal activity of the essential oils from Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica and var. glabra

Antifungal activity of the essential oils from Cupressus arizonica var. arizonica and var. glabra

Chemical Composition, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Leaves Essential Oils from Syzygium cumini L., Cupressus sempervirens L. and Lantana camara L. from Egypt

Development and evaluation of a plant-based air filter system for bacterial growth control

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