Antifungal Activity of the Essential Oils from Ocimum gratissimum L. Grown in Togo

Authors

  • Koffi Koba Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Togo
  • P W Poutouli Département de Biologie Animale et de zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo
  • Christine Raynaud Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, UMR 1010, INRA/INP-ENSIACET, Toulouse cedex, France
  • Komla Sanda Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Togo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v1i1.1131

Keywords:

O.gratissimum, Antifungal, Essential oil, Thymol.

Abstract

The aerial parts of Ocimum gratissimum L. (Lamiaceae) harvested in Togo was steam-distilled and investigated for essential oil composition (GC and GC/MS) and in vitro antifungal activities. Thymol (31.79 %), p-cymene (15.57 %) and γ-terpinene (12.34 %) and were the major components of the oil. Other notable components identified in this oil were myrcene (6.94 %) and α-thujene (6.11 %).The in vitro antifungal activity was recorded with the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 80 to 150 µl.l-1, 150 to 500 µl.l-1  and from 100 to 150 µl.l-1 respectively on dermatophytes, imperfect filamentous fungi and pathogenic yeasts. Likewise, on tested fungi the minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) varied from 300 µl.l-1 to 500 µl.l-1, 500 to 700 µl.l-1 and from 250 to 300 µl.l-1, respectively on dermatophytes, imperfect filamentous fungi and pathogenic yeasts.

Keywords: O.gratissimum,  Antifungal, Essential oil; Thymol.

 

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DOI: 10.3329/jsr.v1i1.1131

 

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Author Biographies

Koffi Koba, Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Togo

Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie,
Université de Lomé, BP. 1515, Lomé Togo

P W Poutouli, Département de Biologie Animale et de zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, Togo

Panopèndou Wiyao Poutouli
Département de Biologie Animale et de zoologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Lomé, B.P. 1515 Lomé Togo

Christine Raynaud, Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle, UMR 1010, INRA/INP-ENSIACET, Toulouse cedex, France

Christine Raynaud
Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle,  UMR 1010, INRA/INP-ENSIACET, 118, route de Narbonne,  31077 Toulouse cedex, France

Komla Sanda, Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie, Université de Lomé, Togo

Komla Sanda
Unité de Recherche sur les Agroressources et la Santé Environnementale, Ecole Supérieure dâ??Agronomie, Université de Lomé, BP. 1515, Lomé Togo

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Published

2008-12-25

How to Cite

Koba, K., Poutouli, P. W., Raynaud, C., & Sanda, K. (2008). Antifungal Activity of the Essential Oils from Ocimum gratissimum L. Grown in Togo. Journal of Scientific Research, 1(1), 164–171. https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v1i1.1131

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Section B: Chemical and Biological Sciences

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