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Composition and antimicrobial activity of Cistus munbyi essential oil: an endemic plant from Algeria

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The chemical composition and antimicrobial potential of Cistus munbyi essential oil were studied for the first time. GC and GC–MS analysis revealed 48 compounds representing 96.98% of the oil. Terpinen-4-ol (23.75%), meta-Cymene (17.30%), and Sabinene (12.38%) were the major constituents. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated against nine pathogens using the disc diffusion and broth micro-dilution methods. Results show that C. munbyi essential oil possesses strong antimicrobial activity against all strains, regardless if Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacteria, or yeast, with MICs values not exceeding 10 (mg/ml). In addition to its efficacy, C. munbyi essential oil has an unusual antimicrobial potency which is attributed to its specific chemical composition. Thus, findings presented here suggest that endemic C. munbyi contains a very interesting essential oil that may be valuable in several areas.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment, Aboubekr Belkaïd University, P.O. Box 119, 13000, Tlemcen, Algeria

    Fethi Benbelaïd, Abdelmounaïm Khadir, Mourad Bendahou & Mohamed Amine Abdoune

  2. Department of Biology, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Es Senia Oran, Algeria

    Abdelmounaïm Khadir

  3. Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, University of Corsica, UMR CNRS 6134, Campus Grimaldi, BP 52, 20250, Corte, France

    Alain Muselli & Jean Costa

  4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences of Nature, Life, Earth and Universe, Aboubekr Belkaïd University, P.O. Box 119, 13000, Tlemcen, Algeria

    Fethi Benbelaïd

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Project funding: The study is supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria (Grant No. F02020110081).

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Benbelaïd, F., Khadir, A., Bendahou, M. et al. Composition and antimicrobial activity of Cistus munbyi essential oil: an endemic plant from Algeria. J. For. Res. 28, 1129–1134 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-017-0387-6

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