Research Article
Chibani S, Ghorab H, Kabouche
Abstract
The chemical composition of the essential oil of Thymus ciliatus subsp. coloratus, collected from Bir Chouhada (Northern Oum El Bouaghi, Eastern Algerian), was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. The main components of the essential oil were viridiflorol (16.02%), α-pinene (8.75%), camphor (7.5%) and nerolidol (6.95%). The antibacterial activity of the essential oil was tested against 10 gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria by the use of the disc diffusion method. The antioxidant activity was also investigated by the use of β-carotene bleaching method.