Antimicrobial activities of essential oils of plants species from Morocco against some microbial strains
			
	
 
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				Laboratory of Analysis, Modeling, Engineering, Natural Substances and Environment, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taroudant, Ibn-Zohr University, 83000 Taroudant, Morocco
				 
			 
						
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				Laayoune Higher School of Technology, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
				 
			 
						
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Laboratory of Anesthesia-Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Medical Center for Biomedical and Translational Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco
				 
			 
						
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				Laboratory of Plant Biotechnologies (BioTechV), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University of Agadir, Morocco
				 
			 
										
				
				
		
		 
			
			
		
		
		
		
			
			 
			Data publikacji online: 09-05-2024
			 
		 		
		
			
			 
			Data publikacji: 14-08-2024
			 
		 			
		 
	
							
																																							
		
	 
		
 
 
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2024;75(2):117-123
		
 
 
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Background: Essential oils have important antibacterial activities and can successfully replace antibiotics, which show their inefficiency, especially against fungi and multi-resistant bacteria. Objective: The main purpose of our research was to investigate the antibacterial and antifungal activity of essential oils from fifteen plants harvested in the Taroudant region. Material and Methods: In this work, the essential oils were extracted by hydrodistillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus. The method of disc diffusion in agar medium (aromatogram) is the one used to evaluate the activity of these essential oils against four pathogenic bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus sp., and Enterococcus cloacae) and two yeasts (Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans). Results: Our findings, show that all of the plants’ leaves yielded extremely aromatic essential oils that differed in look  and color. Furthermore, the 93.33% of the fifteen essential oils that were evaluated proved to be effective against at least one kind of bacteria or fungus. This suggests that the proportion of essential oils with no antibacterial action was rather low, at around 7%. Our data also showed that the freshness or dryness of the plant at the time of harvest could affect the extraction rate of essential oils. This screening showed us that these essential oils present inhibitory activities towards the studied Gram+ bacteria, as well as a resistance against Gram-, in particular Enterococcus cloacae. Conclusion: These essential oils can therefore be used in the prevention and treatment of certain infectious diseases and  to fight against bacteria that are multi-resistant to the usual antibiotics.