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Essential oil composition and antibacterial activity of Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn

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Introduction

The present work aims to study the chemical composition of Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn essential oil and its antibacterial activity against three important phytopathogenic Gram-negative bacteria: Erwinia amylovora, Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. caroto-vorum, and Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi.

Methods

The chemical composition of P. aquilinum L. essential oil produced by hydrodistillation was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The antibacterial activity was tested using disk diffusion method and by determination of minimum inhibitory concentration values. The major components were linalool (10.29%), carvacrol (8.15%), benzaldehyde (5.95%), 2-undecanone (5.32%), and cuminaldehyde (4.57%).

Results

The essential oil tested revealed a powerful antibacterial effect against all tested strains, with inhibition zone diameters ranging from 32.0 ± 0.58 to 33.7 ± 0.88 mm.

Discussion

P. aquilinum EO contained 32.86% of oxygenated monoterpenes, which are known for their very powerful antimicrobial activities. The minimum inhibitory concentration values showed that P. aquilinum essential oil has very strong activity against E. amylovora (0.625 ul/ml), followed by P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (2.50 ul/ml) and P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi (5.00 ul/ml). The results obtained could contribute to the development of new potential agents for the control of bacterial diseases.

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  1. Laboratory of Biotechnologies, Environment and Health, Department of Biology and Cellular Physiology, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, SAAD Dahlab Blidal University, Blida, 09000, Algeria

    Cheimâa Bouchekouk & Fairouz Saidi

  2. Laboratory of Biotechnologies, Environment and Health, Department of Biology of Populations and Organisms, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences, SAAD Dahlab Blidal University, Blida, 09000, Algeria

    Fatima Zohra Kara & Ghania Tail

  3. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, M’Hamed Bougara University, Boumerdes, 35000, Algeria

    Tarek Benabdelkader

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Bouchekouk, C., Kara, F.Z., Tail, G. et al. Essential oil composition and antibacterial activity of Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 70, 56–61 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1556/019.70.2019.07

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