Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Essential oil of Mentha longifolia Leaf from Albaha Area Southern Saudi Arabia

Bader Omer Burham; Osman Ali Osman; Azhari Abdelhafeedh Mohammed Nour

Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences ,2019,8,2,48-52.

DOI:10.5530/ajbls.2019.8.9

Published:August 2019

Type:Original Research Article

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Bader Omer Burham¹, Osman Ali Osman², Azhari Abdelhafeedh Mohammed Nour³

¹Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Albaha University, Albaha. SAUDI ARABIA.

²Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Minia University, El Minia, EGYPT.

³Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, Now Albaha University, FAMS, SAUDI ARABIA.

Abstract:

The essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Saudi Arabia native Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae) was analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry GC/MS. Forty six compounds were analysed, it was characterized by a high percentage of oxygenated monoterpenes (30.40%) with Piperitone as the major one (30.77%), followed by sesquiterpen hydrocarbons (26.08%) in which Caryophellene (5.58%) as the main, while monoterpene hydrocarbons (23.90%) with gamma-Terpinene (1.36%) as a main. The principal components of M. longifolia oil was the piperitone with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₄O. The antibacterial activity of the essential oil of M. longifolia L. leaf were evaluated in this study. The essential oil showed strong antibacterial activity against Bacillus subtilis with inhibition zone (25mm) and Escherichia coli (24mm), It seems that the essential oils derived from the Mentha longifolia L. oil could be used as a natural source of antimicrobial agents.