New compounds, chemical composition, antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of the essential oil from Myrtus nivellei Batt. &amp; Trab., an endemic species of Central Sahara

Bouzabata, Amel; Bazzali, Ophélie; Cabral, Célia; Gonçalves, María José; Cruz, Maria Teresa; Bighelli, Ange; Cavaleiro, Carlos; Casanova, Joseph; Salgueiro, Lı́gia; Tomi, Félix

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2013.06.054

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“…The chemical profile of this EO should be classified in the chemo type group of δ-elemene/ ρ-menthenol. However, this chemical composition differs from the EO of M. nivellei harvested in Tassili N'ajjer, reported in previous studies [15,7]. However, the chemical composition of this EO differs also from the various compositions of EOs isolated from Myrtus communis growing wild all around the Mediterranean basin [15,3,16].…”

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Biochemical Effects of the Saharan Myrtle

Touaibia¹

2017

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The first aim of this study is to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and two extracts of Saharan myrtle: Myrtus nivellei Batt & Trab. For this purpose, paper disc-diffusion method and micro-dilution test were used. As far as the antimicrobial activity is concerned the essential oil exhibited higher ones against S. epidermidis (MIC=0.28mg/ml), S. typhi (MIC=0.56mg/ml), E. coli (MIC=1.125mg/ml) and S. aureus (MIC=1.125mg/ml). However, the alcoholic extracts exhibited a good antimicrobial activity against S. aureus (MIC=2.25mg/ml) and C. albicans (MIC=4.5mg/ml). The samples were also subjected to screening for their possible free radical scavenging activity by using DPPH-test and β carotene-linoleic acid assays. In the first case, the free radical scavenging activity of ethanolic extract (IC50=0.59mg/ml),) was superior to the methanolic one (IC50=0.98mg/ml), while the oil was less effective. In the case of the linoleic acid system, oxidation of the linoleic acid was effectively inhibited by both the alcoholic extracts, but the ethanolic extract was the best with 93.5% inhibition, that is close to the synthetic antioxidant BHT used as positive control.

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Biochemical Effects of the Saharan Myrtle

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2017

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“…Dermatomycoses are common infections caused by filamentous fungi, especially dermatophytes and yeasts that can be severe in immunocompromised patients. Although Myrtle essential oil has a long history of use as food preservative and in traditional medicine very little information is available about its safety, with some studies concerning M. communis (Nassar et al, 2010;Uehleke and Brinkschulte-Freitas, 1979;Zeidán-Chuliá et al, 2012) and Myrtus nivellei (Bouzabata et al, 2013b), and some studies of other species of Myrtaceae, such as Backhousia citriodora, commonly known as lemon myrtle Markovic, 2002, 2003). Indeed, there is a lack of studies addressing the potential cytotoxicity of Myrtle essential oil in mammalian cells, namely alveolar epithelial cells, keratinocytes and hepatocytes.…”

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Myrtus communis L. as source of a bioactive and safe essential oil

Bouzabata

Cabral

Gonçalves

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Food and Chemical Toxicology

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“…Although all the samples contained compounds A and B , it could be noticed that their content was higher in Hoggar samples ( A : 4.8 – 7.1%, B : 1.0 – 2.1%) than Tassili samples ( A : 2.4 – 4.5%, B : 0.4 – 0.9%). We have suggested that both compounds, which have never been mentioned in M. communis essential oil, may be considered as chemotaxonomic markers of M. nivellei .…”

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“…In contrast with the abundant literature relative to Algerian M . communis essential oil, the chemical composition of M. nivellei leaf oil has been only recently reported . Indeed, aerial parts have been collected on ten individual shrubs, during the flowering stage, in two stations from central Sahara: Djanet City, Tassili n'Ajjer massif and Tamanrasset city, Hoggar massif.…”

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The Genus Myrtus L. in Algeria: Composition and Biological Aspects of Essential Oils from M. communis and M. nivellei: A Review

Bouzabata

Casanova

Bighelli

et al. 2016

Chemistry & Biodiversity

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The genus Myrtus L. (Myrtaceae family) comprises two species, Myrtus communis L. (known as common myrtle) growing wild all around the Mediterranean basin and Myrtus nivellei Batt. and Trab. (known as Saharan myrtle), found in central Sahara. Only one country, Algeria, hosts both species, M. communis in the North and M. nivellei in the South. The aim of this review was to collect, summarize, and compare the main results reported relative to the essential oils isolated from aerial parts of both species: botanical aspects, habitat, traditional use, chemical composition, new compounds, antimicrobial activity, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory effect, and insecticidal activity. Both essential oils have potential applications in human health.

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New compounds, chemical composition, antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of the essential oil from Myrtus nivellei Batt. & Trab., an endemic species of Central Sahara

Cited by 30 publications

References 13 publications

Biochemical Effects of the Saharan Myrtle

Biochemical Effects of the Saharan Myrtle

Myrtus communis L. as source of a bioactive and safe essential oil

The Genus Myrtus L. in Algeria: Composition and Biological Aspects of Essential Oils from M. communis and M. nivellei: A Review

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