Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of <i>Ruta chalepensis</i> L. Growing Wild in Lebanon

Khoury, Madona; Stien, Didier; Ouaini, Naïm; Éparvier, Véronique; Apostolides, Nelly Arnold; Beyrouthy, Marc El

doi:10.1002/cbdv.201400109

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“…In the present study, the fruit coat of C. colocynthis , pods of S. alexandrina , and leaves of A. aethiopicus showed relatively high antifungal activities in general, which might be attributed to high amounts of specific phenols in these plants. This is in agreement with the results of previous investigations [ 58 , 59 ]. Zhang et al [ 60 ] reported high antifungal activities of Robinia pseudoacacia extracts, and this was attributed to high robinin content.…”

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Bioactivities of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Alexandria

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Szopa

Kubica

et al. 2018

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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In traditional folklore, medicinal herbs play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of microbial diseases. In the present study, the phenolic profiles of the medicinal plants Asparagus aethiopicus L., Citrullus colocynthis L., Senna alexandrina L., Kalanchoe delagoensis L., Gasteria pillansii L., Cymbopogon citratus, Brassica juncea, and Curcuma longa L. were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography with a diode-array detector method. The results revealed rich sources of important compounds such as robinin in the fruits and leaves of A. aethiopicus; caffeic acid in the tubers of A. aethiopicus and quercitrin in the leaves of G. pillansii. Further, relatively high antioxidant, antibacterial, and antifungal activities were observed in C. colocynthis fruit coat, S. alexandrina pods, and A. aethiopicus leaves, respectively. The relatively higher the bioactivities of plants extracts associated with the phenols in these plants, in particular, the more abundant the phenols. Therefore, it was concluded that the fruit coat of C. colocynthis, pods of S. alexandrina, and leaves of A. aethiopicus might be excellent sources of natural products. These plant extracts also have a wide spectrum of antimicrobial activities that could be used in the pharmaceutical industries and to control diseases.

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Bioactivities of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Alexandria

Elansary

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Kubica

et al. 2018

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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“…An agglomerative hierarchical clustering graph was constructed with XLStat v2013.4.03 based on dissimilarities ( Euclidian distances) with the complete‐linkage aggregation method . The table of observations/variables used in the clustering analysis contained all data published in the cited references, and Table has been extract from the full data table in order to report the compounds that accounted for more than 5% in a least one EO only.…”

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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Origanum libanoticum, Origanum ehrenbergii, and Origanum syriacum Growing Wild in Lebanon

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Beyrouthy

Ouaini

et al. 2016

Chemistry & Biodiversity

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The essential oils (EOs) of the aerial parts of Origanum libanoticum and Origanum ehrenbergii, endemic to Lebanon, and Origanum syriacum, endemic to the Levantine, were obtained by distillation with a Clevenger apparatus. GC and GC/MS allowed identification of 96.4%, 93.5%, and 95.2% of their constituents, respectively. Carvacrol was the major component of both O. syriacum EO (79%) and O. ehrenbergii EO (60.8%). This compound was absent in O. libanoticum EO and the major compounds were β-caryophyllene (26.8%), caryophyllene oxide (22.6%), and germacrene D (17.2%). The assessment of their antimicrobial activity against Candida albicans and six pathogenic bacteria revealed that O. libanoticum EO was inactive, while O. syriacum and O. ehrenbergii showed moderate antimicrobial activity with minimal inhibitory concentrations varying from 400 to 1200 μg/ml. These results support the traditional use of these last two species in traditional herbal preparations in Lebanon.

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“…These results about antifungal activity had been demonstrated in a study conducted by Khoury et al, 2014, which showed that the essential oil from R. chalepensis growing in Lebanon had the major components 2-nonanone, 51.7%, and 2-undecanone, 36.7%, which exhibited antifungal activity against the yeast Candida albicans and the dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum [ 54 ].…”

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Variability of Chemical Compositions and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Ruta chalepensis Leaf Essential Oils from Three Palestinian Regions

Jaradat

Adwan

K’aibni

et al. 2017

BioMed Research International

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Introduction Interest in essential oils was recently revived with their popularity increasing in medicine, pharmacy, and aromatherapy. This study was performed to identify the chemical compositions of the essential oil of Ruta chalepensis growing wildly in three regions in Palestine and to assess and compare their antimicrobial and antioxidant activities. Methods Identification of the essential oil was performed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Antimicrobial activity was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans by using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) assay, while antioxidant activity was analyzed by using the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging method. Results The essential oils of R. chalepensis from Jerusalem and Hebron regions have almost identical components; the major compounds identified were linalyl acetate and β-linalool; these essential oils exerted potential antioxidant and antibacterial activities. On the other hand, the major components of the plant essential oil from Jenin region were 2-undecanone and 2-nonanone, which exhibited potential antifungal activity. Conclusions The phytoconstituents and antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of the essential oil of R. chalepensis from different regions in Palestine were established in this study. The obtained results indicate possible applications for R. chalepensis in the treatment of various infectious and noninfectious diseases.

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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of the Essential Oil of Ruta chalepensis L. Growing Wild in Lebanon

Cited by 11 publications

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Bioactivities of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Alexandria

Bioactivities of Traditional Medicinal Plants in Alexandria

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Origanum libanoticum, Origanum ehrenbergii, and Origanum syriacum Growing Wild in Lebanon

Variability of Chemical Compositions and Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Ruta chalepensis Leaf Essential Oils from Three Palestinian Regions

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