African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

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Phytochemical analysis and antimicrobial bioactivity of the Algerian parsley essential oil (Petroselinum crispum)

Ouis Nawel*
  • Ouis Nawel*
  • Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oran Es- Sénia, BP 1524 El M’naouer, 31.100, Oran, Algeria
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Hariri Ahmed
  • Hariri Ahmed
  • Bioconversion Laboratory, Microbiology Engineering and Health Safety, Faculty of Nature and Life Science, University of Mascara, BP.763, Sidi Said, Mascara, 29000, Algeria
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El Abed Douniazad
  • El Abed Douniazad
  • Laboratory of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oran Es- Sénia, BP 1524 El M’naouer, 31.100, Oran, Algeria
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  •  Received: 26 April 2012
  •  Accepted: 22 July 2013
  •  Published: 12 March 2014

Abstract

In this paper, we extracted, analyzed and studied the antimicrobial activity of Algerian parsley essential oil on several microbes that cause infectious diseases and its effects on kinetics of lactic acid production by Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus. The essential oil of parsley (Petroselinum crispum Hoffm) obtained by hydrodistillation was characterized by its physicochemical properties and by its chromatographic profiles. Myristicin and dillapiol were identified by gas chromatography-spectrometry mass (GC/MS). The essential oil showed a high antimicrobial spectrum towards Bacillus cereus and Candida albicans, average effectiveness against Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis and no influence on Escherichia coli. The key odorant effects of parsley in the growth of Lactobacillus casei subsp. rhamnosus was studied. The results showed that L. rhamnosus can produce up to 10.96 and 13.78 g.L-1 of lactic acid on the control fermentation and on the second fermentation, respectively, characterized by the addition of 20 µL of the essential oil in the growth exponential phase.

 

Key words: Parsley, essential oil, dillapiol, myristicin, antimicrobial activity, Lactobacillus rhamnosus.

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