Quantitave, Qualitative and Antifungal Activities of Essential Oils Extract from Two Eucalyptus Species (E. sideroxylon and E. gomphocephala). | ||||
Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, H. Botany | ||||
Article 4, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2017, Page 31-41 PDF (703.48 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/eajbsh.2017.16765 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
El kaoua M.1; Razzouk S.1; Bouamama H.2 | ||||
1Laboratoire de Biotechnologie et Bio-ingénierie moléculaire | ||||
2Laboratoire de Chimie Biomoléculaire et Macromoléculaire (LCBM). Université Cadi Ayyad Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz.BP: 549, Boulevard Abdekrim El Khattabi. Marrakech, | ||||
Abstract | ||||
In this study, the average yields of essential oils were determined for both eucalyptus species. A very important difference was found between the two returns; for the E. sideroxylon, the yield is 7 times more than that recorded in the species E.gomphocephala. This finding of essential oil (EO) in E. sideroxylon has been correlated to the large oil pockets founded on both sides of the mesophyll leaf as well as the shape. As for E. gomphocephala, the examination of the histological sections by photonic microscopy showed that oil pockets are not visualized for this species, which confirms the low yield. The chromatographic analysis of the EO has made it possible to separate 102 compounds, of which five have been identified and which have about 94.58%. Among these compounds, the cineole is the majority compound with a content of 79%. Other metabolites have been found at relatively high levels, namely myrcene, α-terpineol, terpinolene and spathulenol. The quantitative and qualitative difference in essential oil between the two species studied was confirmed by the sensitivity of the different phytopathogenic fungi to the essential oils of Eucalyptus which differs from one species to another. Indeed, the EO of E. sideroxylon revealed very strong inhibitory activity on Fusarium and Penicillium. Nevertheless, the EO of E. gomphocephala has no effect on the strains of phytopathogenic fungi tested. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
essential oil; Eucalyptus Sideroxylon; Eucalyptus Gomphocephala; gland; phytopathogenic fungi | ||||
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