Abstract
Aucoumea klaineana Pierre (Burseraceae) is largely distributed in equatorial forest from Gabon to Equatorial Guinea. It is a medicinal plant that resin, roots and leaves are used to treat fever, constipation, malaria, diarrhea, jaundice and sexual transmissible infection treated by traditional healers. The predominant constituents in the essential oil were δ-3-carene. The antimicrobial activities of both essential oils were tested against Gram-positive and Gram -negative bacteria by using agar disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods; anticandidal effect was also tested on different strains of Candida albicans. The essential oil exhibited antibacterial and antifungal activities against the all strains tested. The best inhibition zones were obtained for Shigella dysenteria CIP 5451 and for Candida albicans ATCC90028. The results suggest that Aucoumea klaineana resin essential oil could be a natural antimicrobial agent.
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