Haj Ammar, Ahlem and Bouajila, Jalloul and Lebrihi, Ahmed and Mathieu, Florence
and Romdhane, Mehrez and Zagrouba, Fethi
Chemical Composition and in vitro Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activities of Citrus aurantium L. Flowers Essential Oil (Neroli Oil).
(2012)
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 15 (21). 1034-1040. ISSN 1028-8880
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/pjbs.2012.1034.1040
Abstract
Neroli essential oil is extracted from the fragant blossoms of the bitter orange tree. It is one of the most widely used floral oils in perfumery. In this study chemical composition and in vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of neroli oil are investigated. The essential oil of fresh Citrus aurantium L. Flowers (Neroli oil) cultivated in North East of Tunisia (Nabeul) were analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. About 33 compounds were identified, representing 99% of the total oil. Limonene (27,5%) was the main component followed by (E)-nerolidol (17,5%), α-terpinyl acetate (11,5%) and (E,E)-farnesol (8%). Antimicrobial activity was determined by Agar-well-diffusion method against 6 bacteria (3 Gran-positive and 3 Gram-negative), 2 yeasts and 3 fungi. Neroli oil exhibited a marked antibacterial activity especially against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Moreover, Neroli oil exhibited a very strong antifungal activity determined by ABTS assay showed IC₅₀ values of 672 mg L-¹. Finally, this study may be considered as the first report on the biological properties of this essential oil. The results of this study have provided a starting point for the investigations to exploit new natural substances present in the essential oil of C. aurantium L. flowers.
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Additional Information: | Thanks to the Asian Network for Scientific Information. The definitive version is available at http://www.scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2012.1034.1040 |
Audience (journal): | International peer-reviewed journal |
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Institution: | French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE) Other partners > Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie - INAT (TUNISIA) Université de Toulouse > Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE) Other partners > Institut Supérieur des Sciences et Technologies de l'Environnement de Borj Cédria - ISSTE (TUNISIA) Other partners > Université de Gabès (TUNISIA) |
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