Composition chimique et activité antimicrobienne de l'essence de térébenthine du pin maritime (Pinus pinaster) et du pin d'Alep (Pinus hale- pensis) du Maroc

Abstract

This work tries to determine the chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of the turpentine of two moroccan pines species, the maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) from Mamora and the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) from Rommani. The gum object of this study comes from a sample of 40 trees of every pine species. The turpentine's chemical composition of these two species is characterized by a high percentage of α-pinene as main compound: 77% and 89% are respectively fund for the maritime pine and the Aleppo pine. Also, β- pinene, camphene, myrcene, Δ-3-carene, limonene and caryophyllene were also detected in turpentine of these species. A biotest of the turpentine of these two species of pines showed the efficiente antibacterial and antifungal activity. © 2007, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.