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Composition, Chemical Variability and Biological Activity of Cymbopogon schoenanthus Essential Oil from Central Algeria
Author(s) -
Malti Charaf Eddine Watheq,
El Haci Imad Abdelhamid,
Hassani Faiçal,
Paoli Mathieu,
Gibernau Marc,
Tomi Félix,
Casanova Joseph,
Bekhechi Chahrazed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.202000138
Subject(s) - rhizome , essential oil , chemical composition , antimicrobial , botany , myrtaceae , chemistry , odor , terpenoid , biology , traditional medicine , food science , organic chemistry , medicine
Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng . (Poaceae) is an aromatic plant whose aerial parts and rhizome produced an essential oil with pleasant odor. A chemical variability has been observed depending of the countries where the plant grows wild, including Algeria. The chemical compositions of 24 oil samples isolated from plants harvested in Central Algeria have been investigated, to evidence homogeneity or chemical variability within a given area of harvest. Twenty of these were dominated by cis ‐ and trans ‐ p ‐menth‐2‐en‐1‐ols (22.6 %±3.6 and 14.3 %±1.7, resp.) beside four atypical compositions. Otherwise, aerial parts and rhizomes produced similar essential oils. Lastly, a fair antimicrobial activity was measured against Staphylococcus aureus strain, while the antioxidant potential was low.