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Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential oil of Mentha longifolia Leaf from Albaha Area Southern Saudi Arabia

Bader Omer Burham1★, Osman Ali Osman2, Azhari Abdelhafeedh Mohammed Nour3★ Corresponding author

  1. 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Albaha University, Albaha, SAUDI ARABIA.
  2. 2Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Minia University, El Minia, EGYPT.
  3. 3Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, Now Albaha University, FAMS, SAUDI ARABIA.

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Bader Omer Burham

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Albaha University, Albaha, SAUDI ARABIA.

badrburham@yahoo.com

Received: 22-05-2019; Revised: 17-07-2019; Accepted: 28-08-2019.

Volume 8, Issue 2 · pp. 48–52 · PUBLISHED 30 August 2019 · DOI: 10.5530/ajbls.2019.8.9

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ABSTRACT

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Saudi Arabia nativeMentha longifolia(Lamiaceae) was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry GC/MS. Forty six compounds were analysed, it was characterized by a high percentage of oxygenated monoterpenes (30.40%) with Piperitone as the major one (30.77%), followed by sesquiterpen hydrocarbons (26.08%) in which Caryophellene (5.58%) as the main, while monoterpene hydrocarbons (23.90%) with gamma-Terpinene (1.36%) as a main. The principal components ofM. longifoliaoil was the piperitone with chemical formula C10H14O. The antibacterial activity of the essential oil ofM. longifoliaL. leaf were evaluated in this study. The essential oil showed strong antibacterial activity againstBacillus subtiliswith inhibition zone (25mm) andEscherichia coli(24mm), It seems that the essential oils derived from theMentha longifoliaL. oil could be used as a natural source of antimicrobial agents.

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    Burham, B. O., Osman, O. A., & Nour, A. A. M. (2019). Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential oil of Mentha longifolia Leaf from Albaha Area Southern Saudi Arabia. Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences, 8(2), 48–52. https://doi.org/10.5530/ajbls.2019.8.9