title: Antibacterial, allelopathic and antioxidant activities of essential oil of Salvia officinalis L. growing wild in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
abstract: Salvia officinalis (Common sage, Culinary sage) is an aromatic plant that is frequently used as a spice in Mediterranean cookery and in the food industry and as a traditional medicine for the treatment of several infectious diseases. The essential oils were obtained by two different methods [hydrodistillation (HD) and microwave (Mw)] from the aerial part of S. officinalis L. growing wild in Ourika-Marrakech in Morocco. Ourika is a large zone of the Atlas Mountains which is considered as a large reserve of Flora, especially medicinal and aromatic plants. The obtained oils were analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and compared with that of Tunisia. Thirty-six compounds were identified from the Mw-extracted oil which accounted for 97.32% of the total oil composition. However, 33 compounds obtained by HD representing 98.67%. The major components were trans-thujone (14.10% and 29.84%), 1,8-cineole (5.10% and 16.82%), camphor (4.99% and 9.14%), viridiflorol (16.42% and 9.92%), β-caryophyllene (19.83% and 5.20%) and α-humulene (13.54% and 4.02%). Antibacterial, allelopathic (% germination in lettuce seeds and inhibited root growth obtained after treatment with S. officinalis oils) and antioxidant (IC₅₀ values 22 mg/mL) activities were studied.
authors.affiliation: a Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Appliquée, Equipe Analyse et Contrôle de Qualité, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad , BP 2390 Bd. Prince Moulay Abdallah , Marrakech , 40100 , Morocco.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bouajaj
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benyamna
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouamama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romane
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Falconieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piras
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marongiu
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D002164:Camphor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D003511:Cyclohexanols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077591:Eucalyptol; D018525:Germination / Q000187:drug effects; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D009018:Morocco; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D027543:Salvia officinalis / Q000737:chemistry*; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D013729:Terpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D000081008:Bicyclic Monoterpenes; D003511:Cyclohexanols; D039821:Monoterpenes; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D000081223:Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D013729:Terpenes; D002164:Camphor; C005790:beta-thujone; C024714:caryophyllene; C552080:viridiflorol; D000077591:Eucalyptol