Bacteriostatic and Bactericidal Profile of Leaves and Twigs Essential oils of Moroccan Pistacia lentiscus L.

Taoufik Haloui,Abdellah Farah,Kawtar Benbrahim,Mounyr Balouiri,Aziz Alaoui,Marwa Chraibi,Mouhcine Fadil

doi:10.7324/japs.2015.50607

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Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of Pistacia lentiscus extracts Hamama Bouriche, Asma Saidi, Ayoub Ferradji, Sahra Amel Belambri, Abderrahmane Senator

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Medicinal plants have been used as a remedy for various diseases
The number of compounds identified in leaves and twigs essential oil (29 and 26) respectively, was inferior to the number of compounds identified in a previous study (Hafsé et al, 2013)
This could be explained by: environmental factors such as geography, temperature and collection period, etc., which were considered to play a key role in the chemical composition of essential oils (Derwich et al, 2010)

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Medicinal plants have been used as a remedy for various diseases. Over the past few years, the use of plant-based natural antimicrobials in the treatment of bacterial infections has gained much recognition (Kasrati et al, 2014).The progressive interest of these plant’s use has urged researchers to look for new methodologies (Hemaiswarya et al, 2008), and for suitable design to develop new therapeutic value products with highly effective anti-infective agents in general and antibacterial agents in particular (Turgis et al, 2012).Pistacia lentiscus L. belong to the family of Anacardiaceae, called pistachio mastic or mastic tree (Hmamouchi et al, 1999). Over the past few years, the use of plant-based natural antimicrobials in the treatment of bacterial infections has gained much recognition (Kasrati et al, 2014).The progressive interest of these plant’s use has urged researchers to look for new methodologies (Hemaiswarya et al, 2008), and for suitable design to develop new therapeutic value products with highly effective anti-infective agents in general and antibacterial agents in particular (Turgis et al, 2012). Shrub up to 5 m high, the mastic is one of the most characteristic trees of the Mediterranean region (Aafi et al, 2002), which grows on all kinds of soil (Bayer et al, 2009) and it is a native species of Morocco (Aafi et al, 2002). The therapeutic properties of this species were known, long time

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