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Article
Volume 12 Issue 6 2022 8441 - 8452
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Effects of Extraction Technique and Solvent on
Phytochemicals Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities
of Cultivated and Wild Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis
L) from Taounate Region (Northern Morocco)
Ahmed Zeroual 1 El Hassan Sakar 2 Fatima Mahjoubi 1 Mahdi Chaouch 1
Abdellah Chaqroune 1 Mustapha Taleb 1
1 Engineering Laboratory of Organometallic Molecular Materials and Environment (LIMOME) Department of Chemistry
Faculty of Sciences Dhar Mahraz Fez Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University BP 1796 Fez-Atlas 30003 Fez Morocco
zeroualahmedbiogmailcom (AZ) mahjoubifatimausmbaacma (FM) chaouchmahdiusmbaacma (MC)
chaqrouneabdellahusmbaacma (AC) talebmustaphausmbaacma (MT) 2 Department of Biology Faculty of Sciences of Tetuan Abdelmalek Essaacircdi University BP 2121 Mhannech II 93002
Tetuan Morocco hassanscegmailcom (EHS)
Correspondence zeroualahmedbiogmailcom (AZ) hassanscegmailcom (EHS)
Scopus Author ID 57194743663
Received 25102021 Revised 19112021 Accepted 23112021 Published 12122021
Abstract This work was set up to investigate the effects of domestication solvent and extraction
technique on extracts yield total phenolics content (TPC) flavonoids content (TFC) antimicrobial
(minimal inhibitory concentration MIC) and antioxidant (IC50) activities in rosemary aerial parts at
flowering stage Although solvent was the main variability source in our data all tested factors
significantly impacted yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 These results were confirmed via principal
component analysis which separated solvents extraction techniques and rosemary types on the first
three components accounting for more than 99 of data variability Better values of yield (417 plusmn 030
ndash2158 plusmn 093 DM ) TPC (1248 plusmn 117ndash3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) TFC (651 plusmn 179ndash2502 plusmn
153 mg QEg DM) MIC (817 plusmn 104ndash2420 plusmn 098 μgmL) and IC50 (5002 plusmn 008ndash39000 plusmn 100
microgmL) were obtained in the case of wild rosemary with Soxhlet extraction especially when combined
with more polar solvents (ethanol and methanol) It could be concluded that domestication had negative
effects on rosemary phytochemicals and associated antimicrobial and antioxidant activities Rosemary
extracts could serve as important ingredients as food preservatives antimicrobial agents and
nutraceuticals
Keywords wild rosemary cultivated rosemary domestication phytochemicals biological activity
copy 2021 by the authors This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative
Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (httpscreativecommonsorglicensesby40)
1 Introduction
Morocco is among the most important botanic areas in northern Africa thanks to various
factors including the geographical position diverse geology topography climate and
ecoregion [1] The Moroccan flora is estimated to encompass around 978 endemic taxa These
constitute more than half of the endemic species of North African[2] Such an endemic richness
appears to be a result of the presence of well-differentiated and mixed environments [1]
Rosemary known botanically as Rosmarinus officinalis L (R officinalis) grows wild in the
western Mediterranean basin with more than 20 cultivars ecotypes or varieties[3ndash5]
Following these authors R officinalis has been used since ancient times for different
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medicinal culinary and ornamental purposes For instance in food science R officinalis is
well known for its essential oil used as a food preservative thanks to its antimicrobial and
antioxidant properties rosemary has many other food applications such as culinary medicinal
and pharmacology uses [46ndash8] Several pharmacological activities of R officinalis have been
outlined and well documented in previous studies as antimicrobial anti-inflammatory
attenuating antitumor antiproliferative inhibitory and antioxidant agent [69ndash12]
Rosemarys nutritional value and its bioactive compounds were reviewed by Ribeiro-
Santos et al (2015) [4] Various minerals fatty acids and vitamins are found in different parts
of R officinalis Also many phytochemicals are reported depending on plant part processing
technique geographical origin among others [41314]
Due to their economic and medicinal values and consumer demand some medicinal
and aromatic plants are domesticated and cultivated to be produced on a large scale In this
context R officinalis became an important industrial crop [1516] It is noteworthy that
cultivation practices along with environmental conditions impact morphological traits
biomass and chemical composition [41516]
The chemical composition and biological activities of rosemary have attracted the
attention of several research works In contrast little is known about the domestication of
rosemary and its influence on nutritional composition as well as secondary metabolites
profiling In the present work we aimed at comparing rosemary growing wild and cultivated
under local conditions of the Taounate region (northern Morocco) regarding phytochemical
screening and mineral composition
As far as we know there is no detailed information regarding phytochemicals and
related biological activities in R officinalis growing in central-northern Morocco Hence the
originality of this paper which had as objectives (i) to assess antioxidant and antimicrobial
activities of R officinalis aerial parts (ii) to investigate the domestication of R officinalis in
terms of phenolics and flavonoids content and related bioactivities and (iii) to compare R
officinalis extracts achieved via various solvents in terms of yield total phenolics total
flavonoids and related antioxidant and antimicrobial activities
2 Materials and Methods
21 Chemicals solvents and reagents
Reagents and solvents used were of high purity 22-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
(DPPH) aluminum chloride (AlCl3) ascorbic acid methanol n-hexane ethanol ethyl acetate
sodium carbonate sodium sulfate FolinndashCiocalteu dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) gallic acid
(GA) quercetin (Q) and potassium acetate were used in this work These chemical reagents
were acquired from Stigma-Aldrich (St Louis MO) All other chemicals and solvents used
were of analytical grade
22 Plant material and preparation of extracts
The plant species was botanically identified and authenticated At the full blooming
stage R officinalis aerial parts (flowering tops) were manually harvested in June from
Taounate province (34deg3148 N 4deg4236 W) Wild R officinalis samples were collected in
Aiumln Mediouna while the sampling of cultivated R officinalis was performed from the
Botanical Garden of the National Agency for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ANPAM)
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Taounate region belongs to central-northern Morocco characterized by a humid Mediterranean
climate in winter and semi-arid in summer
R officinalis samples were dried under shade to avoid photo-oxidation crushed to a
fine powder via an electric grinder and then subjected to extraction via two extraction
techniques namely Soxhlet and maceration Briefly 25 g of the obtained powder was used for
extraction using different solvents separately (ethanol ethyl acetate n-hexane and methanol)
The extraction period was 72 h for maceration and 6h for Soxhlet The obtained extracts were
then filtered through Whatman The obtained residue was re-extracted twice and then the
combined extracts of every sample were rotary-evaporated at a temperature of 45 degC (Heidolph
Collegiate LV28798826 New Jersey USA) The final extracts were used to investigate their
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities [17]
23 Total phenolics and flavonoids determination
231 Determination of total phenolic content (TPC)
TPC was determined via the Folin-Ciocalteu method [18] with slight modifications In
Brief 100 μL of each extract was added to 500 μL of 110 FolinndashCiocalteau reagent which
was prepared prior to use After 4 min 400 μL of sodium carbonate 75 (mv 75mgmL)
were added The obtained mixture was incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature the
absorbance was then read at 765 nm using a Cary 50 UV-Visible Spectrometer (Varian
Mulgrave Australia) A standard curve was prepared using gallic acid (GA 5 mgmL) with
different concentrations (0-150 μgmL) The results were expressed as mg of GA equivalents
(GAE) per g of sample (dry matter DM)
232 Determination of Total Flavonoids Content (TFC)
TFC was determined by using the aluminum trichloride colorimetric (AlCl3) method
[19] with slight modifications Briefly 250 microL of each extract were mixed with 50 microL of AlCl3
(10 mv) 750 microL of ethanol (absolute) 14 mL of bidistilled water and 50 microL of potassium
acetate (1 M) The obtained mixture was incubated for 30 min at room temperature The
corresponding absorbance was then measured at 415 nm Quercetin was used to perform the
standard curve and the results were expressed as mg of quercetin equivalents (QE) per g of
sample (dry matter DM)
24 Antioxidant activities assessment
The capacity to trap the radical DPPH (22-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl) was evaluated
by the standard method described in Brand-Williams et al (2015) [20] with a slight
modification Briefly 02 mL from different concentrations (30ndash480 μgmL) of R officinalis
extracts were added to 18 mL of DPPH methanolic solution (011 mM) After 30 min of
incubation in darkness at room temperature (23 plusmn 2 degC) the absorbance was measured at 517
nm against a blank DPPH methanolic solution The DPPH radical scavenging activity (also
known as antioxidant activity AA) was calculated according to the following equation
(AA)= [ [(Abscontrol ndash Abssample)
Abscontrol
]times 100
where Abscontrol is the absorbance of the control reaction (containing all reagents excluding the
sample test) and Abssample is the absorbance of extracts at 517 Ascorbic acid was used as a
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positive control and the concentration of extracts that inhibits 50 (IC50) of DPPH was
calculated based on the percentage graph inhibition following the extract concentration
25 Determination of antimicrobial activities
Microbial strains used here are of significant concern because they involve health
problems and food spoilage [2122] Extracts obtained from various solvents were tested for
antimicrobial activities against the following strains Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (E coli)
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213 (S aureus) Bacillus subtilis ATCC 3366 (B subtilis) and
Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (C albicans)
To determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) the agar dilution method was
used following the Natural Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards [23] All tests were
performed in nutrient broth for bacterial strains Different quantities (75 10 125 15 and 20
μg) from dry extracts were added separately to 1 mL nutrient broth tubes containing 105
CFUmL of live microbial cells In order to evenly spread the extracts throughout the broth
the tubes (10 mL broth) were incubated in an incubator shaker The highest dilution (the lowest
concentration) presenting no visible bacterial growth was MIC Thereafter cells from the
tubes displaying no growth were cultured onto nutrient agar plates to determine whether the
inhibition was permanent or not MIC was expressed in μgmL
26 Statistical Analyses
Determinations and measurements were carried out in triplicates Quantitative
differences were assessed by General Linear Procedure followed by LSDs test [24ndash26]
Replicates were nested to solvents Data statistical analyses were performed by the SPSS
package version 23 (IBM Armonk NY USA) Results were expressed as means plusmn standard
deviations (SD) Differences were considered significant at 5 as a probability level Principal
component analysis (PCA) was performed on mean values considering rosemary origins
solvents and extraction techniques as independent variables PCA biplots were by means of
STATGRAPHICS package version XVII (Statpoint Technologies Inc Virginia USA)
3 Results and Discussion
31 Mean comparison
Results regarding TPC TFC MIC and IC50 in various extracts are summarized in
Table 1 As illustrated in these outcomes wide variations were detected among rosemary
origin extraction techniques and solvents in terms of TPC TFC MIC and IC50
Table 1 Mean values of of yield () total phenolics content (TPC mg GAEg DM) and total
flavonoids content (TFC mg QEg DM) minimal inhibitory concentration (μgmL) in various microbial strains
and IC50 (microgmL) for R officinalis wild and cultivated extracts using four solvents and two extraction techniques
(maceration and Soxhlet) M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane Results are
expressed as mean values of three replicates followed by SD Within each column values followed by the same
letter are not significantly different at 5 as a probability level
Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Wild Soxhlet
M 2158
plusmn
093a
3472
plusmn
165a
2502 plusmn
153a
1283 plusmn
029i
850 plusmn 050k 967 plusmn 126k 817 plusmn 104k 5002 plusmn
008p
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Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50 E 1732
plusmn
109d
3088
plusmn
120c
1655 plusmn
206d
1400 plusmn
050h
933 plusmn 029j 1000 plusmn
050j
967 plusmn 029j 12017 plusmn
035k
EA 1427
plusmn
080g
2513
plusmn
111g
1219 plusmn
124g
1500 plusmn
050g
1217 plusmn
029g
1250 plusmn
050h
1183 plusmn
076h
19003 plusmn
045h
H 816 plusmn
066j
1500
plusmn 193j
935 plusmn
234j
1783 plusmn
076e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1300 plusmn
050f
26500 plusmn
020e
Maceration
M 1906
plusmn 130c
3498
plusmn 033a
2225 plusmn
048b
1683 plusmn
076f
1250 plusmn
050g
1367 plusmn
126g
1217 plusmn
104g
5978 plusmn
056n
E 1331 plusmn
062h
2837 plusmn
153e
1398 plusmn 146f
1783 plusmn 076e
1333 plusmn 029f
1400 plusmn 050f
1367 plusmn 029f
13500 plusmn 030j
EA 762 plusmn
062k
2495
plusmn
332h
1128 plusmn
105h
1883 plusmn
029d
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1583 plusmn
076d
21003 plusmn
025g
H 514 plusmn
014m
1340
plusmn
082l
700 plusmn
182l
2167 plusmn
058b
1833 plusmn
029b
1900 plusmn
050b
1717 plusmn
029c
30052 plusmn
050c
Cultivated Soxhlet
M 2009 plusmn
104b
3322 plusmn
191b
2296 plusmn 188b
1450 plusmn 087h
1050 plusmn 050i
1167 plusmn 126i
1017 plusmn 104i 7000 plusmn 040m
E 1552
plusmn
081f
2944
plusmn
125d
1477 plusmn
158e
1583 plusmn
076g
1150 plusmn
050h
1200 plusmn
050h
1167 plusmn
029h
16000 plusmn
050i
EA 1318
plusmn
102h
2390
plusmn
085i
1069 plusmn
158i
1733 plusmn
029e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1383 plusmn
076f
24000 plusmn
030f
H 671 plusmn
129l
1420
plusmn 172k
801 plusmn
264k
2017 plusmn
104c
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1433 plusmn
161e
36000 plusmn
020b
Maceration
M 1684
plusmn 172e
3359
plusmn 063b
2080 plusmn
062c
1853 plusmn
084d
1427 plusmn
093e
1567 plusmn
161e
1433 plusmn
076e
8000 plusmn
050l
E 1147 plusmn
053i
2643 plusmn
155f
1263 plusmn 115g
2017 plusmn 101c
1533 plusmn 104d
1550 plusmn 050e
1550 plusmn 050d
16240 plusmn 026i
EA 625 plusmn
077l
2356
plusmn
305i
1014 plusmn
041i
2177 plusmn
015b
1800 plusmn
050b
1850 plusmn
050c
1800 plusmn
132b
27603 plusmn
025d
H 417 plusmn
030n
1248
plusmn
117m
651 plusmn 179m 2420 plusmn
098a
2017 plusmn
076a
2033 plusmn
104a
1950 plusmn
050a
39000 plusmn
100a
Soxhlet performed better in terms of extract yield in the case of wild rosemary for yield
(2158 plusmn 093 ) TPC (3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) and TFC (2502 plusmn 153 mg QEg DM)
especially when combined with methanol as solvent Likewise combining Soxhlet extraction
with methanol allowed obtaining the smallest values of MIC and IC50 and therefore the most
effective against the studied microbial strains and scavenging DPPH Methanol was followed
by ethanol ethyl acetate and hexane in terms of efficiency for yield TPC TFC as well as
MIC in various microbial strains and IC50 In terms of MIC Gram-negative bacteria namely
B subtilis (967 plusmn 126 μgmL) and S aureus (850 plusmn 050 μgmL) were the most sensitive
strains followed by C albicans (817 plusmn 104 μgmL) and Gram-positive bacterium (Ecoli)
under Soxhlet extraction combined with methanol As for MIC the most effective value of IC50
(5002 plusmn 008 microgmL) was reached under the same conditions Taking all results of extract
characteristics together it appears that rosemary growing wild presented the highest record of
yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 compared to cultivated rosemary (Table 4)
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
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39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
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41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
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Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
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Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
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Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
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Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
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Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
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Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
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58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
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medicinal culinary and ornamental purposes For instance in food science R officinalis is
well known for its essential oil used as a food preservative thanks to its antimicrobial and
antioxidant properties rosemary has many other food applications such as culinary medicinal
and pharmacology uses [46ndash8] Several pharmacological activities of R officinalis have been
outlined and well documented in previous studies as antimicrobial anti-inflammatory
attenuating antitumor antiproliferative inhibitory and antioxidant agent [69ndash12]
Rosemarys nutritional value and its bioactive compounds were reviewed by Ribeiro-
Santos et al (2015) [4] Various minerals fatty acids and vitamins are found in different parts
of R officinalis Also many phytochemicals are reported depending on plant part processing
technique geographical origin among others [41314]
Due to their economic and medicinal values and consumer demand some medicinal
and aromatic plants are domesticated and cultivated to be produced on a large scale In this
context R officinalis became an important industrial crop [1516] It is noteworthy that
cultivation practices along with environmental conditions impact morphological traits
biomass and chemical composition [41516]
The chemical composition and biological activities of rosemary have attracted the
attention of several research works In contrast little is known about the domestication of
rosemary and its influence on nutritional composition as well as secondary metabolites
profiling In the present work we aimed at comparing rosemary growing wild and cultivated
under local conditions of the Taounate region (northern Morocco) regarding phytochemical
screening and mineral composition
As far as we know there is no detailed information regarding phytochemicals and
related biological activities in R officinalis growing in central-northern Morocco Hence the
originality of this paper which had as objectives (i) to assess antioxidant and antimicrobial
activities of R officinalis aerial parts (ii) to investigate the domestication of R officinalis in
terms of phenolics and flavonoids content and related bioactivities and (iii) to compare R
officinalis extracts achieved via various solvents in terms of yield total phenolics total
flavonoids and related antioxidant and antimicrobial activities
2 Materials and Methods
21 Chemicals solvents and reagents
Reagents and solvents used were of high purity 22-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
(DPPH) aluminum chloride (AlCl3) ascorbic acid methanol n-hexane ethanol ethyl acetate
sodium carbonate sodium sulfate FolinndashCiocalteu dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) gallic acid
(GA) quercetin (Q) and potassium acetate were used in this work These chemical reagents
were acquired from Stigma-Aldrich (St Louis MO) All other chemicals and solvents used
were of analytical grade
22 Plant material and preparation of extracts
The plant species was botanically identified and authenticated At the full blooming
stage R officinalis aerial parts (flowering tops) were manually harvested in June from
Taounate province (34deg3148 N 4deg4236 W) Wild R officinalis samples were collected in
Aiumln Mediouna while the sampling of cultivated R officinalis was performed from the
Botanical Garden of the National Agency for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (ANPAM)
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Taounate region belongs to central-northern Morocco characterized by a humid Mediterranean
climate in winter and semi-arid in summer
R officinalis samples were dried under shade to avoid photo-oxidation crushed to a
fine powder via an electric grinder and then subjected to extraction via two extraction
techniques namely Soxhlet and maceration Briefly 25 g of the obtained powder was used for
extraction using different solvents separately (ethanol ethyl acetate n-hexane and methanol)
The extraction period was 72 h for maceration and 6h for Soxhlet The obtained extracts were
then filtered through Whatman The obtained residue was re-extracted twice and then the
combined extracts of every sample were rotary-evaporated at a temperature of 45 degC (Heidolph
Collegiate LV28798826 New Jersey USA) The final extracts were used to investigate their
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities [17]
23 Total phenolics and flavonoids determination
231 Determination of total phenolic content (TPC)
TPC was determined via the Folin-Ciocalteu method [18] with slight modifications In
Brief 100 μL of each extract was added to 500 μL of 110 FolinndashCiocalteau reagent which
was prepared prior to use After 4 min 400 μL of sodium carbonate 75 (mv 75mgmL)
were added The obtained mixture was incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature the
absorbance was then read at 765 nm using a Cary 50 UV-Visible Spectrometer (Varian
Mulgrave Australia) A standard curve was prepared using gallic acid (GA 5 mgmL) with
different concentrations (0-150 μgmL) The results were expressed as mg of GA equivalents
(GAE) per g of sample (dry matter DM)
232 Determination of Total Flavonoids Content (TFC)
TFC was determined by using the aluminum trichloride colorimetric (AlCl3) method
[19] with slight modifications Briefly 250 microL of each extract were mixed with 50 microL of AlCl3
(10 mv) 750 microL of ethanol (absolute) 14 mL of bidistilled water and 50 microL of potassium
acetate (1 M) The obtained mixture was incubated for 30 min at room temperature The
corresponding absorbance was then measured at 415 nm Quercetin was used to perform the
standard curve and the results were expressed as mg of quercetin equivalents (QE) per g of
sample (dry matter DM)
24 Antioxidant activities assessment
The capacity to trap the radical DPPH (22-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl) was evaluated
by the standard method described in Brand-Williams et al (2015) [20] with a slight
modification Briefly 02 mL from different concentrations (30ndash480 μgmL) of R officinalis
extracts were added to 18 mL of DPPH methanolic solution (011 mM) After 30 min of
incubation in darkness at room temperature (23 plusmn 2 degC) the absorbance was measured at 517
nm against a blank DPPH methanolic solution The DPPH radical scavenging activity (also
known as antioxidant activity AA) was calculated according to the following equation
(AA)= [ [(Abscontrol ndash Abssample)
Abscontrol
]times 100
where Abscontrol is the absorbance of the control reaction (containing all reagents excluding the
sample test) and Abssample is the absorbance of extracts at 517 Ascorbic acid was used as a
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positive control and the concentration of extracts that inhibits 50 (IC50) of DPPH was
calculated based on the percentage graph inhibition following the extract concentration
25 Determination of antimicrobial activities
Microbial strains used here are of significant concern because they involve health
problems and food spoilage [2122] Extracts obtained from various solvents were tested for
antimicrobial activities against the following strains Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (E coli)
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213 (S aureus) Bacillus subtilis ATCC 3366 (B subtilis) and
Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (C albicans)
To determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) the agar dilution method was
used following the Natural Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards [23] All tests were
performed in nutrient broth for bacterial strains Different quantities (75 10 125 15 and 20
μg) from dry extracts were added separately to 1 mL nutrient broth tubes containing 105
CFUmL of live microbial cells In order to evenly spread the extracts throughout the broth
the tubes (10 mL broth) were incubated in an incubator shaker The highest dilution (the lowest
concentration) presenting no visible bacterial growth was MIC Thereafter cells from the
tubes displaying no growth were cultured onto nutrient agar plates to determine whether the
inhibition was permanent or not MIC was expressed in μgmL
26 Statistical Analyses
Determinations and measurements were carried out in triplicates Quantitative
differences were assessed by General Linear Procedure followed by LSDs test [24ndash26]
Replicates were nested to solvents Data statistical analyses were performed by the SPSS
package version 23 (IBM Armonk NY USA) Results were expressed as means plusmn standard
deviations (SD) Differences were considered significant at 5 as a probability level Principal
component analysis (PCA) was performed on mean values considering rosemary origins
solvents and extraction techniques as independent variables PCA biplots were by means of
STATGRAPHICS package version XVII (Statpoint Technologies Inc Virginia USA)
3 Results and Discussion
31 Mean comparison
Results regarding TPC TFC MIC and IC50 in various extracts are summarized in
Table 1 As illustrated in these outcomes wide variations were detected among rosemary
origin extraction techniques and solvents in terms of TPC TFC MIC and IC50
Table 1 Mean values of of yield () total phenolics content (TPC mg GAEg DM) and total
flavonoids content (TFC mg QEg DM) minimal inhibitory concentration (μgmL) in various microbial strains
and IC50 (microgmL) for R officinalis wild and cultivated extracts using four solvents and two extraction techniques
(maceration and Soxhlet) M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane Results are
expressed as mean values of three replicates followed by SD Within each column values followed by the same
letter are not significantly different at 5 as a probability level
Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Wild Soxhlet
M 2158
plusmn
093a
3472
plusmn
165a
2502 plusmn
153a
1283 plusmn
029i
850 plusmn 050k 967 plusmn 126k 817 plusmn 104k 5002 plusmn
008p
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Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50 E 1732
plusmn
109d
3088
plusmn
120c
1655 plusmn
206d
1400 plusmn
050h
933 plusmn 029j 1000 plusmn
050j
967 plusmn 029j 12017 plusmn
035k
EA 1427
plusmn
080g
2513
plusmn
111g
1219 plusmn
124g
1500 plusmn
050g
1217 plusmn
029g
1250 plusmn
050h
1183 plusmn
076h
19003 plusmn
045h
H 816 plusmn
066j
1500
plusmn 193j
935 plusmn
234j
1783 plusmn
076e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1300 plusmn
050f
26500 plusmn
020e
Maceration
M 1906
plusmn 130c
3498
plusmn 033a
2225 plusmn
048b
1683 plusmn
076f
1250 plusmn
050g
1367 plusmn
126g
1217 plusmn
104g
5978 plusmn
056n
E 1331 plusmn
062h
2837 plusmn
153e
1398 plusmn 146f
1783 plusmn 076e
1333 plusmn 029f
1400 plusmn 050f
1367 plusmn 029f
13500 plusmn 030j
EA 762 plusmn
062k
2495
plusmn
332h
1128 plusmn
105h
1883 plusmn
029d
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1583 plusmn
076d
21003 plusmn
025g
H 514 plusmn
014m
1340
plusmn
082l
700 plusmn
182l
2167 plusmn
058b
1833 plusmn
029b
1900 plusmn
050b
1717 plusmn
029c
30052 plusmn
050c
Cultivated Soxhlet
M 2009 plusmn
104b
3322 plusmn
191b
2296 plusmn 188b
1450 plusmn 087h
1050 plusmn 050i
1167 plusmn 126i
1017 plusmn 104i 7000 plusmn 040m
E 1552
plusmn
081f
2944
plusmn
125d
1477 plusmn
158e
1583 plusmn
076g
1150 plusmn
050h
1200 plusmn
050h
1167 plusmn
029h
16000 plusmn
050i
EA 1318
plusmn
102h
2390
plusmn
085i
1069 plusmn
158i
1733 plusmn
029e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1383 plusmn
076f
24000 plusmn
030f
H 671 plusmn
129l
1420
plusmn 172k
801 plusmn
264k
2017 plusmn
104c
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1433 plusmn
161e
36000 plusmn
020b
Maceration
M 1684
plusmn 172e
3359
plusmn 063b
2080 plusmn
062c
1853 plusmn
084d
1427 plusmn
093e
1567 plusmn
161e
1433 plusmn
076e
8000 plusmn
050l
E 1147 plusmn
053i
2643 plusmn
155f
1263 plusmn 115g
2017 plusmn 101c
1533 plusmn 104d
1550 plusmn 050e
1550 plusmn 050d
16240 plusmn 026i
EA 625 plusmn
077l
2356
plusmn
305i
1014 plusmn
041i
2177 plusmn
015b
1800 plusmn
050b
1850 plusmn
050c
1800 plusmn
132b
27603 plusmn
025d
H 417 plusmn
030n
1248
plusmn
117m
651 plusmn 179m 2420 plusmn
098a
2017 plusmn
076a
2033 plusmn
104a
1950 plusmn
050a
39000 plusmn
100a
Soxhlet performed better in terms of extract yield in the case of wild rosemary for yield
(2158 plusmn 093 ) TPC (3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) and TFC (2502 plusmn 153 mg QEg DM)
especially when combined with methanol as solvent Likewise combining Soxhlet extraction
with methanol allowed obtaining the smallest values of MIC and IC50 and therefore the most
effective against the studied microbial strains and scavenging DPPH Methanol was followed
by ethanol ethyl acetate and hexane in terms of efficiency for yield TPC TFC as well as
MIC in various microbial strains and IC50 In terms of MIC Gram-negative bacteria namely
B subtilis (967 plusmn 126 μgmL) and S aureus (850 plusmn 050 μgmL) were the most sensitive
strains followed by C albicans (817 plusmn 104 μgmL) and Gram-positive bacterium (Ecoli)
under Soxhlet extraction combined with methanol As for MIC the most effective value of IC50
(5002 plusmn 008 microgmL) was reached under the same conditions Taking all results of extract
characteristics together it appears that rosemary growing wild presented the highest record of
yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 compared to cultivated rosemary (Table 4)
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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Taounate region belongs to central-northern Morocco characterized by a humid Mediterranean
climate in winter and semi-arid in summer
R officinalis samples were dried under shade to avoid photo-oxidation crushed to a
fine powder via an electric grinder and then subjected to extraction via two extraction
techniques namely Soxhlet and maceration Briefly 25 g of the obtained powder was used for
extraction using different solvents separately (ethanol ethyl acetate n-hexane and methanol)
The extraction period was 72 h for maceration and 6h for Soxhlet The obtained extracts were
then filtered through Whatman The obtained residue was re-extracted twice and then the
combined extracts of every sample were rotary-evaporated at a temperature of 45 degC (Heidolph
Collegiate LV28798826 New Jersey USA) The final extracts were used to investigate their
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities [17]
23 Total phenolics and flavonoids determination
231 Determination of total phenolic content (TPC)
TPC was determined via the Folin-Ciocalteu method [18] with slight modifications In
Brief 100 μL of each extract was added to 500 μL of 110 FolinndashCiocalteau reagent which
was prepared prior to use After 4 min 400 μL of sodium carbonate 75 (mv 75mgmL)
were added The obtained mixture was incubated for 90 minutes at room temperature the
absorbance was then read at 765 nm using a Cary 50 UV-Visible Spectrometer (Varian
Mulgrave Australia) A standard curve was prepared using gallic acid (GA 5 mgmL) with
different concentrations (0-150 μgmL) The results were expressed as mg of GA equivalents
(GAE) per g of sample (dry matter DM)
232 Determination of Total Flavonoids Content (TFC)
TFC was determined by using the aluminum trichloride colorimetric (AlCl3) method
[19] with slight modifications Briefly 250 microL of each extract were mixed with 50 microL of AlCl3
(10 mv) 750 microL of ethanol (absolute) 14 mL of bidistilled water and 50 microL of potassium
acetate (1 M) The obtained mixture was incubated for 30 min at room temperature The
corresponding absorbance was then measured at 415 nm Quercetin was used to perform the
standard curve and the results were expressed as mg of quercetin equivalents (QE) per g of
sample (dry matter DM)
24 Antioxidant activities assessment
The capacity to trap the radical DPPH (22-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl) was evaluated
by the standard method described in Brand-Williams et al (2015) [20] with a slight
modification Briefly 02 mL from different concentrations (30ndash480 μgmL) of R officinalis
extracts were added to 18 mL of DPPH methanolic solution (011 mM) After 30 min of
incubation in darkness at room temperature (23 plusmn 2 degC) the absorbance was measured at 517
nm against a blank DPPH methanolic solution The DPPH radical scavenging activity (also
known as antioxidant activity AA) was calculated according to the following equation
(AA)= [ [(Abscontrol ndash Abssample)
Abscontrol
]times 100
where Abscontrol is the absorbance of the control reaction (containing all reagents excluding the
sample test) and Abssample is the absorbance of extracts at 517 Ascorbic acid was used as a
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positive control and the concentration of extracts that inhibits 50 (IC50) of DPPH was
calculated based on the percentage graph inhibition following the extract concentration
25 Determination of antimicrobial activities
Microbial strains used here are of significant concern because they involve health
problems and food spoilage [2122] Extracts obtained from various solvents were tested for
antimicrobial activities against the following strains Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (E coli)
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213 (S aureus) Bacillus subtilis ATCC 3366 (B subtilis) and
Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (C albicans)
To determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) the agar dilution method was
used following the Natural Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards [23] All tests were
performed in nutrient broth for bacterial strains Different quantities (75 10 125 15 and 20
μg) from dry extracts were added separately to 1 mL nutrient broth tubes containing 105
CFUmL of live microbial cells In order to evenly spread the extracts throughout the broth
the tubes (10 mL broth) were incubated in an incubator shaker The highest dilution (the lowest
concentration) presenting no visible bacterial growth was MIC Thereafter cells from the
tubes displaying no growth were cultured onto nutrient agar plates to determine whether the
inhibition was permanent or not MIC was expressed in μgmL
26 Statistical Analyses
Determinations and measurements were carried out in triplicates Quantitative
differences were assessed by General Linear Procedure followed by LSDs test [24ndash26]
Replicates were nested to solvents Data statistical analyses were performed by the SPSS
package version 23 (IBM Armonk NY USA) Results were expressed as means plusmn standard
deviations (SD) Differences were considered significant at 5 as a probability level Principal
component analysis (PCA) was performed on mean values considering rosemary origins
solvents and extraction techniques as independent variables PCA biplots were by means of
STATGRAPHICS package version XVII (Statpoint Technologies Inc Virginia USA)
3 Results and Discussion
31 Mean comparison
Results regarding TPC TFC MIC and IC50 in various extracts are summarized in
Table 1 As illustrated in these outcomes wide variations were detected among rosemary
origin extraction techniques and solvents in terms of TPC TFC MIC and IC50
Table 1 Mean values of of yield () total phenolics content (TPC mg GAEg DM) and total
flavonoids content (TFC mg QEg DM) minimal inhibitory concentration (μgmL) in various microbial strains
and IC50 (microgmL) for R officinalis wild and cultivated extracts using four solvents and two extraction techniques
(maceration and Soxhlet) M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane Results are
expressed as mean values of three replicates followed by SD Within each column values followed by the same
letter are not significantly different at 5 as a probability level
Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Wild Soxhlet
M 2158
plusmn
093a
3472
plusmn
165a
2502 plusmn
153a
1283 plusmn
029i
850 plusmn 050k 967 plusmn 126k 817 plusmn 104k 5002 plusmn
008p
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Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50 E 1732
plusmn
109d
3088
plusmn
120c
1655 plusmn
206d
1400 plusmn
050h
933 plusmn 029j 1000 plusmn
050j
967 plusmn 029j 12017 plusmn
035k
EA 1427
plusmn
080g
2513
plusmn
111g
1219 plusmn
124g
1500 plusmn
050g
1217 plusmn
029g
1250 plusmn
050h
1183 plusmn
076h
19003 plusmn
045h
H 816 plusmn
066j
1500
plusmn 193j
935 plusmn
234j
1783 plusmn
076e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1300 plusmn
050f
26500 plusmn
020e
Maceration
M 1906
plusmn 130c
3498
plusmn 033a
2225 plusmn
048b
1683 plusmn
076f
1250 plusmn
050g
1367 plusmn
126g
1217 plusmn
104g
5978 plusmn
056n
E 1331 plusmn
062h
2837 plusmn
153e
1398 plusmn 146f
1783 plusmn 076e
1333 plusmn 029f
1400 plusmn 050f
1367 plusmn 029f
13500 plusmn 030j
EA 762 plusmn
062k
2495
plusmn
332h
1128 plusmn
105h
1883 plusmn
029d
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1583 plusmn
076d
21003 plusmn
025g
H 514 plusmn
014m
1340
plusmn
082l
700 plusmn
182l
2167 plusmn
058b
1833 plusmn
029b
1900 plusmn
050b
1717 plusmn
029c
30052 plusmn
050c
Cultivated Soxhlet
M 2009 plusmn
104b
3322 plusmn
191b
2296 plusmn 188b
1450 plusmn 087h
1050 plusmn 050i
1167 plusmn 126i
1017 plusmn 104i 7000 plusmn 040m
E 1552
plusmn
081f
2944
plusmn
125d
1477 plusmn
158e
1583 plusmn
076g
1150 plusmn
050h
1200 plusmn
050h
1167 plusmn
029h
16000 plusmn
050i
EA 1318
plusmn
102h
2390
plusmn
085i
1069 plusmn
158i
1733 plusmn
029e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1383 plusmn
076f
24000 plusmn
030f
H 671 plusmn
129l
1420
plusmn 172k
801 plusmn
264k
2017 plusmn
104c
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1433 plusmn
161e
36000 plusmn
020b
Maceration
M 1684
plusmn 172e
3359
plusmn 063b
2080 plusmn
062c
1853 plusmn
084d
1427 plusmn
093e
1567 plusmn
161e
1433 plusmn
076e
8000 plusmn
050l
E 1147 plusmn
053i
2643 plusmn
155f
1263 plusmn 115g
2017 plusmn 101c
1533 plusmn 104d
1550 plusmn 050e
1550 plusmn 050d
16240 plusmn 026i
EA 625 plusmn
077l
2356
plusmn
305i
1014 plusmn
041i
2177 plusmn
015b
1800 plusmn
050b
1850 plusmn
050c
1800 plusmn
132b
27603 plusmn
025d
H 417 plusmn
030n
1248
plusmn
117m
651 plusmn 179m 2420 plusmn
098a
2017 plusmn
076a
2033 plusmn
104a
1950 plusmn
050a
39000 plusmn
100a
Soxhlet performed better in terms of extract yield in the case of wild rosemary for yield
(2158 plusmn 093 ) TPC (3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) and TFC (2502 plusmn 153 mg QEg DM)
especially when combined with methanol as solvent Likewise combining Soxhlet extraction
with methanol allowed obtaining the smallest values of MIC and IC50 and therefore the most
effective against the studied microbial strains and scavenging DPPH Methanol was followed
by ethanol ethyl acetate and hexane in terms of efficiency for yield TPC TFC as well as
MIC in various microbial strains and IC50 In terms of MIC Gram-negative bacteria namely
B subtilis (967 plusmn 126 μgmL) and S aureus (850 plusmn 050 μgmL) were the most sensitive
strains followed by C albicans (817 plusmn 104 μgmL) and Gram-positive bacterium (Ecoli)
under Soxhlet extraction combined with methanol As for MIC the most effective value of IC50
(5002 plusmn 008 microgmL) was reached under the same conditions Taking all results of extract
characteristics together it appears that rosemary growing wild presented the highest record of
yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 compared to cultivated rosemary (Table 4)
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
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positive control and the concentration of extracts that inhibits 50 (IC50) of DPPH was
calculated based on the percentage graph inhibition following the extract concentration
25 Determination of antimicrobial activities
Microbial strains used here are of significant concern because they involve health
problems and food spoilage [2122] Extracts obtained from various solvents were tested for
antimicrobial activities against the following strains Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (E coli)
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC29213 (S aureus) Bacillus subtilis ATCC 3366 (B subtilis) and
Candida albicans ATCC 10231 (C albicans)
To determine minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) the agar dilution method was
used following the Natural Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards [23] All tests were
performed in nutrient broth for bacterial strains Different quantities (75 10 125 15 and 20
μg) from dry extracts were added separately to 1 mL nutrient broth tubes containing 105
CFUmL of live microbial cells In order to evenly spread the extracts throughout the broth
the tubes (10 mL broth) were incubated in an incubator shaker The highest dilution (the lowest
concentration) presenting no visible bacterial growth was MIC Thereafter cells from the
tubes displaying no growth were cultured onto nutrient agar plates to determine whether the
inhibition was permanent or not MIC was expressed in μgmL
26 Statistical Analyses
Determinations and measurements were carried out in triplicates Quantitative
differences were assessed by General Linear Procedure followed by LSDs test [24ndash26]
Replicates were nested to solvents Data statistical analyses were performed by the SPSS
package version 23 (IBM Armonk NY USA) Results were expressed as means plusmn standard
deviations (SD) Differences were considered significant at 5 as a probability level Principal
component analysis (PCA) was performed on mean values considering rosemary origins
solvents and extraction techniques as independent variables PCA biplots were by means of
STATGRAPHICS package version XVII (Statpoint Technologies Inc Virginia USA)
3 Results and Discussion
31 Mean comparison
Results regarding TPC TFC MIC and IC50 in various extracts are summarized in
Table 1 As illustrated in these outcomes wide variations were detected among rosemary
origin extraction techniques and solvents in terms of TPC TFC MIC and IC50
Table 1 Mean values of of yield () total phenolics content (TPC mg GAEg DM) and total
flavonoids content (TFC mg QEg DM) minimal inhibitory concentration (μgmL) in various microbial strains
and IC50 (microgmL) for R officinalis wild and cultivated extracts using four solvents and two extraction techniques
(maceration and Soxhlet) M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane Results are
expressed as mean values of three replicates followed by SD Within each column values followed by the same
letter are not significantly different at 5 as a probability level
Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Wild Soxhlet
M 2158
plusmn
093a
3472
plusmn
165a
2502 plusmn
153a
1283 plusmn
029i
850 plusmn 050k 967 plusmn 126k 817 plusmn 104k 5002 plusmn
008p
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Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50 E 1732
plusmn
109d
3088
plusmn
120c
1655 plusmn
206d
1400 plusmn
050h
933 plusmn 029j 1000 plusmn
050j
967 plusmn 029j 12017 plusmn
035k
EA 1427
plusmn
080g
2513
plusmn
111g
1219 plusmn
124g
1500 plusmn
050g
1217 plusmn
029g
1250 plusmn
050h
1183 plusmn
076h
19003 plusmn
045h
H 816 plusmn
066j
1500
plusmn 193j
935 plusmn
234j
1783 plusmn
076e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1300 plusmn
050f
26500 plusmn
020e
Maceration
M 1906
plusmn 130c
3498
plusmn 033a
2225 plusmn
048b
1683 plusmn
076f
1250 plusmn
050g
1367 plusmn
126g
1217 plusmn
104g
5978 plusmn
056n
E 1331 plusmn
062h
2837 plusmn
153e
1398 plusmn 146f
1783 plusmn 076e
1333 plusmn 029f
1400 plusmn 050f
1367 plusmn 029f
13500 plusmn 030j
EA 762 plusmn
062k
2495
plusmn
332h
1128 plusmn
105h
1883 plusmn
029d
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1583 plusmn
076d
21003 plusmn
025g
H 514 plusmn
014m
1340
plusmn
082l
700 plusmn
182l
2167 plusmn
058b
1833 plusmn
029b
1900 plusmn
050b
1717 plusmn
029c
30052 plusmn
050c
Cultivated Soxhlet
M 2009 plusmn
104b
3322 plusmn
191b
2296 plusmn 188b
1450 plusmn 087h
1050 plusmn 050i
1167 plusmn 126i
1017 plusmn 104i 7000 plusmn 040m
E 1552
plusmn
081f
2944
plusmn
125d
1477 plusmn
158e
1583 plusmn
076g
1150 plusmn
050h
1200 plusmn
050h
1167 plusmn
029h
16000 plusmn
050i
EA 1318
plusmn
102h
2390
plusmn
085i
1069 plusmn
158i
1733 plusmn
029e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1383 plusmn
076f
24000 plusmn
030f
H 671 plusmn
129l
1420
plusmn 172k
801 plusmn
264k
2017 plusmn
104c
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1433 plusmn
161e
36000 plusmn
020b
Maceration
M 1684
plusmn 172e
3359
plusmn 063b
2080 plusmn
062c
1853 plusmn
084d
1427 plusmn
093e
1567 plusmn
161e
1433 plusmn
076e
8000 plusmn
050l
E 1147 plusmn
053i
2643 plusmn
155f
1263 plusmn 115g
2017 plusmn 101c
1533 plusmn 104d
1550 plusmn 050e
1550 plusmn 050d
16240 plusmn 026i
EA 625 plusmn
077l
2356
plusmn
305i
1014 plusmn
041i
2177 plusmn
015b
1800 plusmn
050b
1850 plusmn
050c
1800 plusmn
132b
27603 plusmn
025d
H 417 plusmn
030n
1248
plusmn
117m
651 plusmn 179m 2420 plusmn
098a
2017 plusmn
076a
2033 plusmn
104a
1950 plusmn
050a
39000 plusmn
100a
Soxhlet performed better in terms of extract yield in the case of wild rosemary for yield
(2158 plusmn 093 ) TPC (3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) and TFC (2502 plusmn 153 mg QEg DM)
especially when combined with methanol as solvent Likewise combining Soxhlet extraction
with methanol allowed obtaining the smallest values of MIC and IC50 and therefore the most
effective against the studied microbial strains and scavenging DPPH Methanol was followed
by ethanol ethyl acetate and hexane in terms of efficiency for yield TPC TFC as well as
MIC in various microbial strains and IC50 In terms of MIC Gram-negative bacteria namely
B subtilis (967 plusmn 126 μgmL) and S aureus (850 plusmn 050 μgmL) were the most sensitive
strains followed by C albicans (817 plusmn 104 μgmL) and Gram-positive bacterium (Ecoli)
under Soxhlet extraction combined with methanol As for MIC the most effective value of IC50
(5002 plusmn 008 microgmL) was reached under the same conditions Taking all results of extract
characteristics together it appears that rosemary growing wild presented the highest record of
yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 compared to cultivated rosemary (Table 4)
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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Rosemary Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50 E 1732
plusmn
109d
3088
plusmn
120c
1655 plusmn
206d
1400 plusmn
050h
933 plusmn 029j 1000 plusmn
050j
967 plusmn 029j 12017 plusmn
035k
EA 1427
plusmn
080g
2513
plusmn
111g
1219 plusmn
124g
1500 plusmn
050g
1217 plusmn
029g
1250 plusmn
050h
1183 plusmn
076h
19003 plusmn
045h
H 816 plusmn
066j
1500
plusmn 193j
935 plusmn
234j
1783 plusmn
076e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1300 plusmn
050f
26500 plusmn
020e
Maceration
M 1906
plusmn 130c
3498
plusmn 033a
2225 plusmn
048b
1683 plusmn
076f
1250 plusmn
050g
1367 plusmn
126g
1217 plusmn
104g
5978 plusmn
056n
E 1331 plusmn
062h
2837 plusmn
153e
1398 plusmn 146f
1783 plusmn 076e
1333 plusmn 029f
1400 plusmn 050f
1367 plusmn 029f
13500 plusmn 030j
EA 762 plusmn
062k
2495
plusmn
332h
1128 plusmn
105h
1883 plusmn
029d
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1583 plusmn
076d
21003 plusmn
025g
H 514 plusmn
014m
1340
plusmn
082l
700 plusmn
182l
2167 plusmn
058b
1833 plusmn
029b
1900 plusmn
050b
1717 plusmn
029c
30052 plusmn
050c
Cultivated Soxhlet
M 2009 plusmn
104b
3322 plusmn
191b
2296 plusmn 188b
1450 plusmn 087h
1050 plusmn 050i
1167 plusmn 126i
1017 plusmn 104i 7000 plusmn 040m
E 1552
plusmn
081f
2944
plusmn
125d
1477 plusmn
158e
1583 plusmn
076g
1150 plusmn
050h
1200 plusmn
050h
1167 plusmn
029h
16000 plusmn
050i
EA 1318
plusmn
102h
2390
plusmn
085i
1069 plusmn
158i
1733 plusmn
029e
1417 plusmn
029e
1450 plusmn
050f
1383 plusmn
076f
24000 plusmn
030f
H 671 plusmn
129l
1420
plusmn 172k
801 plusmn
264k
2017 plusmn
104c
1617 plusmn
029c
1650 plusmn
050d
1433 plusmn
161e
36000 plusmn
020b
Maceration
M 1684
plusmn 172e
3359
plusmn 063b
2080 plusmn
062c
1853 plusmn
084d
1427 plusmn
093e
1567 plusmn
161e
1433 plusmn
076e
8000 plusmn
050l
E 1147 plusmn
053i
2643 plusmn
155f
1263 plusmn 115g
2017 plusmn 101c
1533 plusmn 104d
1550 plusmn 050e
1550 plusmn 050d
16240 plusmn 026i
EA 625 plusmn
077l
2356
plusmn
305i
1014 plusmn
041i
2177 plusmn
015b
1800 plusmn
050b
1850 plusmn
050c
1800 plusmn
132b
27603 plusmn
025d
H 417 plusmn
030n
1248
plusmn
117m
651 plusmn 179m 2420 plusmn
098a
2017 plusmn
076a
2033 plusmn
104a
1950 plusmn
050a
39000 plusmn
100a
Soxhlet performed better in terms of extract yield in the case of wild rosemary for yield
(2158 plusmn 093 ) TPC (3472 plusmn 165 mg GAEg DM) and TFC (2502 plusmn 153 mg QEg DM)
especially when combined with methanol as solvent Likewise combining Soxhlet extraction
with methanol allowed obtaining the smallest values of MIC and IC50 and therefore the most
effective against the studied microbial strains and scavenging DPPH Methanol was followed
by ethanol ethyl acetate and hexane in terms of efficiency for yield TPC TFC as well as
MIC in various microbial strains and IC50 In terms of MIC Gram-negative bacteria namely
B subtilis (967 plusmn 126 μgmL) and S aureus (850 plusmn 050 μgmL) were the most sensitive
strains followed by C albicans (817 plusmn 104 μgmL) and Gram-positive bacterium (Ecoli)
under Soxhlet extraction combined with methanol As for MIC the most effective value of IC50
(5002 plusmn 008 microgmL) was reached under the same conditions Taking all results of extract
characteristics together it appears that rosemary growing wild presented the highest record of
yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 compared to cultivated rosemary (Table 4)
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
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Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
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With respect to antimicrobial activities wide variations in terms of MIC were found
among microbial strains on the one hand and various extracts on the other hand Mean values
found in our work were in agreement with those found in the literature for R officinalis
collected in Morocco and abroad [1627] As highlighted in the results section the most
important values of inhibition zone diameter were recorded in yeast strain (C albicans)
followed by Gram-positive bacteria (B subtilis along with S aureus) and finally the Gram-
negative one (E coli) especially for extracts from Me-OH and Et-OH Such findings agree
with other published works [28ndash30] who found that yeast strains show their superiority over
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria for methanolic extracts
It is widely evidenced that antimicrobial activities of plant extracts demonstrate that
Gram-positive bacteria are more sensitive than Gram-negative bacteria This difference in
sensitivity could be attributed to the presence of an outer membrane This contains hydrophilic
lipopolysaccharides encompassing the bacterial peptidoglycan layer in Gram-negative bacteria
and acts as a barrier for macromolecules as well as hydrophobic compounds and therefore
limits the diffusion of hydrophobic compounds into the bacterium cytoplasm [3132]
As for microbial strains important differences in antimicrobial activities were reported
among solvents with the superiority of Me-OH and Et-OH In accordance with our results
Elshobary et al (2020) [33] found that low polarity solvents like hexane show lower activities
owing to the difference in the solubility of the bioactive compounds [34]
Outcomes of MICs confirmed the effectiveness of different extracts against the studied
microbial strains Regarding solvents low MIC values were reported in Met-OH and Et-OH
extracts This proves that these extracts have strong antimicrobial activity inhibiting microbial
growth even at low concentrations Effects of different solvents and t extraction techniques on
the chemical composition and biological activities have been studied in German chamomile
extracts It was shown that these parameters can significantly modify extract composition as
well as MIC against several pathogen strains [3536] The outcomes of these works
demonstrated that higher polarity solvents are more effective in extracting bioactive
compounds and therefore show the ability to inhibit microbial growth at lower concentrations
(lower MIC) A similar trend was observed for IC50 as compared to n-hexane and ethyl acetate
extracts from Met-OH and Et-OH were able to reduce 50 of DPPH at lesser concentrations
According to Roby et al (2013) [37] IC50 is defined as the moles of phenolic compounds
divided by moles of DPPH necessary to reduce by 50 the absorbance of DPPH and therefore
the lowest the IC50 the higher is the antioxidant activity The difference of antioxidant activities
among solvents observed in our results was consistent with Yazdani et al (2019) [38]
32 Correlation study
Correlation coefficients among the investigated parameters are shown in Table 2 As
can be seen in these outcomes important positive and negative correlations were revealed
Yield of extracts was positively associated with both TPC and TFC and negatively correlated
to minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) in all studied microbial strains as well as IC50
Similarly TPC and TFC were positively linked to each other and to yield but they were
negatively correlated to MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 This means that extracts of higher
yields contained greater levels of TPC and TFC which in turn were more effective in terms
of antimicrobial activity (MIC) and antioxidant activity (IC50) Similar correlations among
phenolics and both antioxidant and antimicrobial activities were found by other authors
[3940]
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
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points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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69 httpsdoiorg1011646phytotaxa7811
2 Bakha M Al Faiz C Daoud M El Mtili N Aboukhalid K Khiraoui A Machon N SilijakYakovlev
S Genome size and chromosome number for six taxa of Origanum genus from Morocco Bot Lett 2017 164
361ndash370 httpsdoiorg1010802381810720171395766
3 Gonzaacutelez J A Garciacutea-Barriuso M Amich F The consumption of wild and semi-domesticated edible
plants in the Arribes del Duero (Salamanca-Zamora Spain) an analysis of traditional knowledge Genet
Resour Crop Evol 2011 58 991ndash1006 httpsdoiorg101007s10722-010-9635-8
4 Ribeiro-Santos R Carvalho-Costa D Cavaleiro C Costa HS Albuquerque TG Castilho MC
Ramos F Melo NR Sanches-Silva A A novel insight on an ancient aromatic plant the rosemary
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8449
(Rosmarinus officinalis L) Trends Food Sci Technol 2015 45 355ndash368
httpsdoiorg101016jtifs201507015
5 Hernaacutendez MD Sotomayor JA Hernaacutendez Aacute Jordaacuten MJ Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) oils
In Essential oils in food preservation Flavor and safety 2016 677ndash688 httpsdoiorg101016B978-0-12-
416641-700077-8
6 Oliveira JR Camargo SEA de Oliveira LD Rosmarinus officinalis L (rosemary) as therapeutic and
prophylactic agent J Biomed Sci 2019 26 5 httpsdoiorg101186s12929-019-0499-8
7 Ahmed HM Babakir-Mina M Investigation of rosemary herbal extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis) and their
potential effects on immunity Phytother Res 2020 34 1829ndash1837 httpsdoiorg101002ptr6648
8 Jaglanian A Tsiani E Rosemary Extract Inhibits Proliferation Survival Akt and mTOR Signaling in
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Int J Mol Sci 2020 21 810 httpsdoiorg103390ijms21030810
9 Cheung S Tai J Anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Oncol
Rep 2007 17 1525ndash1531 httpsdoiorg103892or1761525
10 Posadas SJ Caz V Largo C De la Gaacutendara B Matallanas B Reglero G Protective effect of
supercritical fluid rosemary extract Rosmarinus officinalis on antioxidants of major organs of aged rats Exp
Gerontol 2009 44 383ndash389 httpsdoiorg101016jexger200902015
11 Rašković A Milanović I Pavlović N Cebovic T Vukmirovic S Mikov M Antioxidant activity of
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) essential oil and its hepatoprotective potential BMC Complement
Altern Med 2014 14 225 httpsdoiorg1011861472-6882-14-225
12 Nieto G Ros G Castillo J Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis
L) A Rev Med 2018 5 98 httpsdoiorg103390medicines5030098
13 Hammer M Junghanns W Rosmarinus officinalis L Rosemary In Novak J Bluumlthner WD (eds)
Medicinal Aromatic and Stimulant Plants Handbook of Plant Breeding Springer Cham 2020 12
httpsdoiorg101007978-3-030-38792-1_15
14 Zeroual A Sakar EH Ibourki M Bijla L Ainane A Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Gharby S
Chaqroune A Ainane T phytochemical screening and mineral profiling of wild and cultivated rosemary
(Rosmarinus officinalis l) from Taounate region (northern Morocco) PharmacologyOnLine 2021 2 576ndash
582 httpspharmacologyonlinesilaeitfilesarchives2021vol2PhOL_2021_2_A065_ZEROUALpdf
15 Sasikumar B Rosemary In K V Peter (Ed) Handbook of herbs and spices 2012 452e468
httpswwwsciencedirectcombook9780857090393handbook-of-herbs-and-spices
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substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent Methods in Enzymol 1999 299 152ndash178
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19 Dehpour AA Ibrahimzadeh MA Fazel NS Mohammad NS Antioxydant activity of the methanol
extract of Ferula asafoetida and its essential oil composition Grasas Aceites 2009 60 405ndash412
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Activity LWT-Food Sci Technol 1995 28 25ndash30 httpsdoiorg101016S0023-6438(95)80008-5
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Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of crude extracts and essential oils from two thyme species Thymus
vulgaris and Thymus hyemalis from northern Morocco Int J Biosci 2018 12 391ndash399
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composition of Origanum compactum benth from Taounate province north Morocco Asian J Pharm Clin
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oregano from Martinique (Coleus aromaticus Benth) evaluation of its bacterioatatic and fungistatic
properties J Essent Oil Res 1995 7 165ndash173 httpsdoiorg1010801041290519959698492
24 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Advance and Grain Yield Stability of
Moroccan Durum Wheats Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions Int J Agron 2021 2021 5571501
httpsdoiorg10115520215571501
25 Khattabi D Sakar EH Louahlia S Flag leaf tolerance study in Moroccan barley (Hordeum vulgare L)
varieties submitted to a severe salt stress Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2022 12 2787ndash2799
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12327872799
26 Gharby S Hajib A Ibourki M Sakar EH Nounah I El Moudden H Elibrahimi M Harhar H
Induced changes in olive oil subjected to various chemical refining steps A comparative study of quality
indices fatty acids bioactive minor components and oxidation stability kinetic parameters Chem Data
Collect 2021 33 100702 httpsdoiorg101016jcdc2021100702
27 El Yamani M Sakar EH Mansouri F SerghinI-Caid H Elamrani A Rharrabti Y Effect of pigments
and total phenols on oxidative stability of monovarietal virgin olive oil produced in Morocco Riv Ital
Sostanze Gr 2019 96 17ndash24
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication328265834_Effect_of_pigments_and_total_phenols_on_oxidative
_stability_of_monovarietal_virgin_olive_oil_produced_in_Morocco
28 El Kharraf S El-Guendouz S Farah A Bennani B Mateus M C amp Miguel M G Hydrodistillation
and simultaneous hydrodistillation-steam distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis and Origanum compactum
Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect of the essential oils Ind Crops Prod 2021 168
113591 httpdxdoiorg101016jindcrop2021113591
29 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Phytochemical Profiling
of Essential Oils Isolated Using Hydrodistillation and Microwave Methods and Characterization of Some
Nutrients in Origanum compactum Benth from Central-Northern Morocco Biointerface Res Appl Chem
2021 11 9358ndash9371 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC11293589371
30 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Wild chamomile
[Cladanthus mixtus (L) chevall] collected from central-northern morocco Phytochemical profiling
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 11 11440ndash11457
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC1141144011457
31 Yap PSX Krishnan T Yiap BC Hu CP Chan KG Lim SHE Membrane disruption and
antiquorum sensing effects of synergistic interaction between Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) in
combination with antibiotic against plasmidconferred multidrugresistant Escherichia coli J Appl Microb
2014 116 1119ndash1128 httpsdoiorg101111jam12444
32 Yap PSX Krishnan T Chan KG Lim SH Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark
essential oil alone and in combination with piperacillin against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain
J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 25 1299ndash1306 httpsdxdoiorg104014jmb140707054
33 Elshobary M El-Shenody R Ashour M Zabed HM Qi X Antimicrobial and antioxidant
characterization of bioactive components from Chlorococcum minutum a newly isolated green microalga
Food Bioscience 2020 35 100567 httpsdoiorg101016jfbio2020100567
34 Patil AG Koli SP Patil DA Phatak AV Evaluation of extraction techniques with various solvents to
determine extraction efficiency of selected medicinal plants Int J Pharm Sci Res 2012 3 2607ndash2612
httpsijpsrcombft-articleevaluation-of-extraction-techniques-with-various-solvents-to-determine-
extraction-efficiency-of-selected-medicinal-plants
35 Cvetanović A Švarc-Gajić J Mašković P Savić S Nikolić L Antioxidant and biological activity of
chamomile extracts obtained by different techniques perspective of using superheated water for isolation of
biologically active compounds Ind Crops Prod 2015 65 582ndash591
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201409044
36 Metrouh-Amir H Duarte CM Maiza F Solvent effect on total phenolic contents antioxidant and
antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201501049
37 Roby MHH Sarhan MA Selim KAH Khalel KI Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential
oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L) Ind Crops
Prod 2013 44 437ndash445 httpsdoiorg101002ffj1929
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38 Yazdani E Talebi M Zarshenas MM Moein M Evaluation of possible antioxidant activities of barberry
solid formulation a selected formulation from traditional persian medicine (tpm) via various procedures
Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2019 9 4517ndash1521 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC96517521
39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
Biological Activity of Extracts of Various Parts of Heather (Calluna vulgaris (L) Hull) at Different Growth
Stages Plants 2020 9 926 httpsdoiorg103390plants9080926
40 Karalija E Ćavar Zeljković S Dahija S Bešta-Gajević R Parić A Phenolics of Aerial Parts
of Gentiana lutea L and Their Biological Activity Agronomy 2021 11 1442
httpsdoiorg103390agronomy11071442
41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars grown in northern Morocco J Mater Environ Sci 2017 8 2679ndash2686
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication316634449_Variability_of_oil_content_and_its_physico-
chemical_traits_from_five_almond_Prunisdulcis_cultivars_grown_in_Northern_Morocco
42 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Geometrical Traits in Almond Fruit as Affected by Genotypic and
Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
httpsdoiorg101007s10341-018-0401-y
43 Boussakouran A Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Morphological Traits Associated with Drought
Stress Tolerance in Six Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties Released Between 1984 and 2007 J Crop Sci
Biotechnol 2019 22 345ndash353 httpsdoiorg101007s12892-019-0138-0
44 Bijla L Aissa R Ait Bouzid H Sakar EH Ibourki M Laknifli A Gharby S Spent Coffee Ground
Oil as a Potential Alternative for Vegetable Oil Production Evidence from Oil Content Lipid Profiling and
Physicochemical Characterization Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 12 6308ndash6320
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12563086320
45 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Benali T Rharrabti Y Antioxidant activity of phenolic
extracts from olive mill wastewater and their influence on virgin olive oil stability Mor J Chem 2019 7 211ndash
223
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication331988832_Antioxidant_activity_of_phenolic_extracts_from_oli
ve_mill_wastewater_and_their_influence_on_virgin_olive_oil_stability_published_in_Moroccan_Journal_
of_Chemistry
46 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physiological and biochemical responses of
young olive trees (Olea europaea L) to water stress during flowering Arch Biol Sci 2019 71 123ndash132
httpsdoiorg102298ABS181001054E
47 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Fruit Gravimetrical Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA
Webb] Combined Effects of Genetic Control and Environmental Drivers Erwerbs-Obstbau 2020 62 37ndash
46 httpsdoiorg101007s10341-019-00457-x
48 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Leaf water status physiological behavior and
biochemical mechanism involved in young olive plants under water deficit Sci Hortic 2020 261 108906
httpsdoiorg101016jscienta2019108906
49 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Activity of two natural additives in improving
the stability of virgin olive oil quality during storage OCL 2020 27 44 httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020039
50 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Influence of ripening index and water regime
on the yield and quality of Moroccan Picholine virgin olive oil OCL 2020 27 19
httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020015
51 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Ghabbour N Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and
Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
traditionally extracted argan oil Med J Nutrition Metab 2021 httpsdoiorg103233MNM-210005
53 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Genotypic and Environmental Variations in
Kernel Color Indices in the Main Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA Webb] Cultivars Grown in North-
eastern Morocco Scientifica 2021 2021 9970223 httpsdoiorg10115520219970223
54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
of oil content and its physicochemical traits from the main almond [Prunus dulcis Mill DA Webb] cultivars
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grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022
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Table 2 Correlation coefficients among studied parameters Yield TPC TFC E coli S aureus B subtilis C albicans IC50
Yield
0909 0936 -0871 -0911 -0872 -0868 -0927
TPC
0915 -0720 -0764 -0719 -0671 -0958
TFC
-0730 -0782 -0718 -0743 -0933
E coli
0981 0979 0975 0769
S aureus
0994 0984 0813
B subtilis
0979 0765
C albicans
0740
IC50
33 Principal component analysis (PCA)
PCA is one of the most popular multivariate statistical methods It is used to reduce the
dimensionality in data sets and project them into a reduced space For such a purpose the PCA
approach is widely used in many fields such as food science and agronomy [2441ndash58] The
first three principal components were retained in our work since they explained about 99 of
the total data variability (Figure 1)
Figure 1 Principal component projections on PC1 and PC2 Blue squares plotted are mean values of
mineral elements Blue segments are related to both rosemary (wild and cultivated) Points plotted are dependent
variables mean values M = methanol E = ethanol EA = ethyl acetate and H = hexane
The 16 points plotted in Figure 1A are related to extraction techniques These seem to
be separated along the first (PC2) with a partial variability of about 10 Toward the positive
direction of PC2 were points related to maceration which was associated with higher levels of
MIC in all microbial strains and IC50 On the opposite side of the same component (PC2) the
A B
C
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8448
points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
References
1 Rankou H Culham A Jury SL Christenhusz M The endemic flora of Morocco Phytotaxa 2013 78 1ndash
69 httpsdoiorg1011646phytotaxa7811
2 Bakha M Al Faiz C Daoud M El Mtili N Aboukhalid K Khiraoui A Machon N SilijakYakovlev
S Genome size and chromosome number for six taxa of Origanum genus from Morocco Bot Lett 2017 164
361ndash370 httpsdoiorg1010802381810720171395766
3 Gonzaacutelez J A Garciacutea-Barriuso M Amich F The consumption of wild and semi-domesticated edible
plants in the Arribes del Duero (Salamanca-Zamora Spain) an analysis of traditional knowledge Genet
Resour Crop Evol 2011 58 991ndash1006 httpsdoiorg101007s10722-010-9635-8
4 Ribeiro-Santos R Carvalho-Costa D Cavaleiro C Costa HS Albuquerque TG Castilho MC
Ramos F Melo NR Sanches-Silva A A novel insight on an ancient aromatic plant the rosemary
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8449
(Rosmarinus officinalis L) Trends Food Sci Technol 2015 45 355ndash368
httpsdoiorg101016jtifs201507015
5 Hernaacutendez MD Sotomayor JA Hernaacutendez Aacute Jordaacuten MJ Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) oils
In Essential oils in food preservation Flavor and safety 2016 677ndash688 httpsdoiorg101016B978-0-12-
416641-700077-8
6 Oliveira JR Camargo SEA de Oliveira LD Rosmarinus officinalis L (rosemary) as therapeutic and
prophylactic agent J Biomed Sci 2019 26 5 httpsdoiorg101186s12929-019-0499-8
7 Ahmed HM Babakir-Mina M Investigation of rosemary herbal extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis) and their
potential effects on immunity Phytother Res 2020 34 1829ndash1837 httpsdoiorg101002ptr6648
8 Jaglanian A Tsiani E Rosemary Extract Inhibits Proliferation Survival Akt and mTOR Signaling in
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Int J Mol Sci 2020 21 810 httpsdoiorg103390ijms21030810
9 Cheung S Tai J Anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Oncol
Rep 2007 17 1525ndash1531 httpsdoiorg103892or1761525
10 Posadas SJ Caz V Largo C De la Gaacutendara B Matallanas B Reglero G Protective effect of
supercritical fluid rosemary extract Rosmarinus officinalis on antioxidants of major organs of aged rats Exp
Gerontol 2009 44 383ndash389 httpsdoiorg101016jexger200902015
11 Rašković A Milanović I Pavlović N Cebovic T Vukmirovic S Mikov M Antioxidant activity of
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) essential oil and its hepatoprotective potential BMC Complement
Altern Med 2014 14 225 httpsdoiorg1011861472-6882-14-225
12 Nieto G Ros G Castillo J Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis
L) A Rev Med 2018 5 98 httpsdoiorg103390medicines5030098
13 Hammer M Junghanns W Rosmarinus officinalis L Rosemary In Novak J Bluumlthner WD (eds)
Medicinal Aromatic and Stimulant Plants Handbook of Plant Breeding Springer Cham 2020 12
httpsdoiorg101007978-3-030-38792-1_15
14 Zeroual A Sakar EH Ibourki M Bijla L Ainane A Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Gharby S
Chaqroune A Ainane T phytochemical screening and mineral profiling of wild and cultivated rosemary
(Rosmarinus officinalis l) from Taounate region (northern Morocco) PharmacologyOnLine 2021 2 576ndash
582 httpspharmacologyonlinesilaeitfilesarchives2021vol2PhOL_2021_2_A065_ZEROUALpdf
15 Sasikumar B Rosemary In K V Peter (Ed) Handbook of herbs and spices 2012 452e468
httpswwwsciencedirectcombook9780857090393handbook-of-herbs-and-spices
16 Gurbuz B Bagdat RB Uyanik M Rezaeieh KAP Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) cultivation
studies under Ankara ecological conditions Ind Crops Prod 2016 88 12ndash16
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201512028
17 Pizzale L Bortolomeazzi R Vichi S Uumlberegger E Conte LS Antioxidant activity of sage (Salvia
officinalis and S Fructicosa) and oregano (Origanum onites and O inderscedens) extracts related to their
phenolic compound content J Sci Food Agr 2002 82 1645ndash1651 httpsdoiorg101002jsfa1240
18 Singleton VL Orthofer R Lamuela-Raventos RM Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation
substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent Methods in Enzymol 1999 299 152ndash178
httpsdoiorg101016S0076-6879(99)99017-1
19 Dehpour AA Ibrahimzadeh MA Fazel NS Mohammad NS Antioxydant activity of the methanol
extract of Ferula asafoetida and its essential oil composition Grasas Aceites 2009 60 405ndash412
httpsdoiorg103989gya010109
20 Brand-Williams W Cuvelier ME Berset C Use of a Free Radical Method to Evaluate Antioxidant
Activity LWT-Food Sci Technol 1995 28 25ndash30 httpsdoiorg101016S0023-6438(95)80008-5
21 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Sakar EH Nechad I Louaste B Lahkimi A Chaouch M Chaqroune A
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of crude extracts and essential oils from two thyme species Thymus
vulgaris and Thymus hyemalis from northern Morocco Int J Biosci 2018 12 391ndash399
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication343761846_Antimicrobial_and_antioxidant_activities_of_crude_
extracts_and_essential_oils_from_two_thyme_species_Thymus_vulgaris_and_Thymus_hyemalis_from_no
rthern_Morocco
22 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Chaouch M Chaqroune A Antimicrobial antioxidant activity and chemical
composition of Origanum compactum benth from Taounate province north Morocco Asian J Pharm Clin
Res 2020 13 126ndash131 httpdxdoiorg1022159ajpcr2020v13i336319
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8450
23 Prudent D Perineau F Bessiere J M Michel G M Baccou JC Analysis of the essential oil of wild
oregano from Martinique (Coleus aromaticus Benth) evaluation of its bacterioatatic and fungistatic
properties J Essent Oil Res 1995 7 165ndash173 httpsdoiorg1010801041290519959698492
24 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Advance and Grain Yield Stability of
Moroccan Durum Wheats Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions Int J Agron 2021 2021 5571501
httpsdoiorg10115520215571501
25 Khattabi D Sakar EH Louahlia S Flag leaf tolerance study in Moroccan barley (Hordeum vulgare L)
varieties submitted to a severe salt stress Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2022 12 2787ndash2799
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12327872799
26 Gharby S Hajib A Ibourki M Sakar EH Nounah I El Moudden H Elibrahimi M Harhar H
Induced changes in olive oil subjected to various chemical refining steps A comparative study of quality
indices fatty acids bioactive minor components and oxidation stability kinetic parameters Chem Data
Collect 2021 33 100702 httpsdoiorg101016jcdc2021100702
27 El Yamani M Sakar EH Mansouri F SerghinI-Caid H Elamrani A Rharrabti Y Effect of pigments
and total phenols on oxidative stability of monovarietal virgin olive oil produced in Morocco Riv Ital
Sostanze Gr 2019 96 17ndash24
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication328265834_Effect_of_pigments_and_total_phenols_on_oxidative
_stability_of_monovarietal_virgin_olive_oil_produced_in_Morocco
28 El Kharraf S El-Guendouz S Farah A Bennani B Mateus M C amp Miguel M G Hydrodistillation
and simultaneous hydrodistillation-steam distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis and Origanum compactum
Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect of the essential oils Ind Crops Prod 2021 168
113591 httpdxdoiorg101016jindcrop2021113591
29 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Phytochemical Profiling
of Essential Oils Isolated Using Hydrodistillation and Microwave Methods and Characterization of Some
Nutrients in Origanum compactum Benth from Central-Northern Morocco Biointerface Res Appl Chem
2021 11 9358ndash9371 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC11293589371
30 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Wild chamomile
[Cladanthus mixtus (L) chevall] collected from central-northern morocco Phytochemical profiling
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 11 11440ndash11457
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC1141144011457
31 Yap PSX Krishnan T Yiap BC Hu CP Chan KG Lim SHE Membrane disruption and
antiquorum sensing effects of synergistic interaction between Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) in
combination with antibiotic against plasmidconferred multidrugresistant Escherichia coli J Appl Microb
2014 116 1119ndash1128 httpsdoiorg101111jam12444
32 Yap PSX Krishnan T Chan KG Lim SH Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark
essential oil alone and in combination with piperacillin against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain
J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 25 1299ndash1306 httpsdxdoiorg104014jmb140707054
33 Elshobary M El-Shenody R Ashour M Zabed HM Qi X Antimicrobial and antioxidant
characterization of bioactive components from Chlorococcum minutum a newly isolated green microalga
Food Bioscience 2020 35 100567 httpsdoiorg101016jfbio2020100567
34 Patil AG Koli SP Patil DA Phatak AV Evaluation of extraction techniques with various solvents to
determine extraction efficiency of selected medicinal plants Int J Pharm Sci Res 2012 3 2607ndash2612
httpsijpsrcombft-articleevaluation-of-extraction-techniques-with-various-solvents-to-determine-
extraction-efficiency-of-selected-medicinal-plants
35 Cvetanović A Švarc-Gajić J Mašković P Savić S Nikolić L Antioxidant and biological activity of
chamomile extracts obtained by different techniques perspective of using superheated water for isolation of
biologically active compounds Ind Crops Prod 2015 65 582ndash591
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201409044
36 Metrouh-Amir H Duarte CM Maiza F Solvent effect on total phenolic contents antioxidant and
antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201501049
37 Roby MHH Sarhan MA Selim KAH Khalel KI Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential
oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L) Ind Crops
Prod 2013 44 437ndash445 httpsdoiorg101002ffj1929
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8451
38 Yazdani E Talebi M Zarshenas MM Moein M Evaluation of possible antioxidant activities of barberry
solid formulation a selected formulation from traditional persian medicine (tpm) via various procedures
Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2019 9 4517ndash1521 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC96517521
39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
Biological Activity of Extracts of Various Parts of Heather (Calluna vulgaris (L) Hull) at Different Growth
Stages Plants 2020 9 926 httpsdoiorg103390plants9080926
40 Karalija E Ćavar Zeljković S Dahija S Bešta-Gajević R Parić A Phenolics of Aerial Parts
of Gentiana lutea L and Their Biological Activity Agronomy 2021 11 1442
httpsdoiorg103390agronomy11071442
41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars grown in northern Morocco J Mater Environ Sci 2017 8 2679ndash2686
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication316634449_Variability_of_oil_content_and_its_physico-
chemical_traits_from_five_almond_Prunisdulcis_cultivars_grown_in_Northern_Morocco
42 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Geometrical Traits in Almond Fruit as Affected by Genotypic and
Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
httpsdoiorg101007s10341-018-0401-y
43 Boussakouran A Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Morphological Traits Associated with Drought
Stress Tolerance in Six Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties Released Between 1984 and 2007 J Crop Sci
Biotechnol 2019 22 345ndash353 httpsdoiorg101007s12892-019-0138-0
44 Bijla L Aissa R Ait Bouzid H Sakar EH Ibourki M Laknifli A Gharby S Spent Coffee Ground
Oil as a Potential Alternative for Vegetable Oil Production Evidence from Oil Content Lipid Profiling and
Physicochemical Characterization Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 12 6308ndash6320
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12563086320
45 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Benali T Rharrabti Y Antioxidant activity of phenolic
extracts from olive mill wastewater and their influence on virgin olive oil stability Mor J Chem 2019 7 211ndash
223
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication331988832_Antioxidant_activity_of_phenolic_extracts_from_oli
ve_mill_wastewater_and_their_influence_on_virgin_olive_oil_stability_published_in_Moroccan_Journal_
of_Chemistry
46 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physiological and biochemical responses of
young olive trees (Olea europaea L) to water stress during flowering Arch Biol Sci 2019 71 123ndash132
httpsdoiorg102298ABS181001054E
47 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Fruit Gravimetrical Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA
Webb] Combined Effects of Genetic Control and Environmental Drivers Erwerbs-Obstbau 2020 62 37ndash
46 httpsdoiorg101007s10341-019-00457-x
48 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Leaf water status physiological behavior and
biochemical mechanism involved in young olive plants under water deficit Sci Hortic 2020 261 108906
httpsdoiorg101016jscienta2019108906
49 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Activity of two natural additives in improving
the stability of virgin olive oil quality during storage OCL 2020 27 44 httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020039
50 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Influence of ripening index and water regime
on the yield and quality of Moroccan Picholine virgin olive oil OCL 2020 27 19
httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020015
51 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Ghabbour N Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and
Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
traditionally extracted argan oil Med J Nutrition Metab 2021 httpsdoiorg103233MNM-210005
53 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Genotypic and Environmental Variations in
Kernel Color Indices in the Main Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA Webb] Cultivars Grown in North-
eastern Morocco Scientifica 2021 2021 9970223 httpsdoiorg10115520219970223
54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
of oil content and its physicochemical traits from the main almond [Prunus dulcis Mill DA Webb] cultivars
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8452
grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8448
points linked to Soxhlet were distributed with great values of yield TPC and TFC Similarly
Figure 1B presents the distribution of points related to solvents These appear to be separated
along the PC1 with over 87 of data variability both Methanol (M) and Ethanol (E) were
distributed in the positive direction of this component with important levels of yield TPC and
TFC while Hexane (H) along with Ethyl Acetate (EA) were plotted toward the negative side
of PC1 with the greatest records of MIC in the studied microbial strains as well as IC50 Finally
the third component with lesser magnitude appears to be related to rosemary origin (Figure
1C) However there was no clear separation among wild and cultivated rosemary on this
component
4 Conclusions
Our outcomes demonstrate that rosemary aerial parts (leaves) are an important source
of phenolic compounds with large variations between wild and cultivated samples All factors
investigated (rosemary origin solvent and extraction techniques) significantly impacted
extracts yield TPC TFC MIC and IC50 Principal component analysis showed good
separation of three studied factors on the first three components confirming that solvent was
the main variability source in our data with important correlations among investigated
variables Domestication appears to negatively impact yield TPC TFC and related activity
(MIC and IC50) Soxhlet seemed to be more effective in terms of yield TPC and TFC
especially when combined with ethanol or methanol as solvents Based on the obtained
outcomes rosemary domestication resulted in a reduced yield of extracts TPC TFC and
therefore less important antimicrobial and antioxidant activities values Studied extracts could
be of great importance as food preservatives antimicrobial agents as well as nutraceuticals
Funding
This research work received no external funding
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to warmly thank Dr Taha El Kamli from Food and Nutritional
Transition Research Team (ETAN) Laboratory of Biological Tests Ibn Tofail University
Morocco) for his kind technical assistance
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest
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studies under Ankara ecological conditions Ind Crops Prod 2016 88 12ndash16
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201512028
17 Pizzale L Bortolomeazzi R Vichi S Uumlberegger E Conte LS Antioxidant activity of sage (Salvia
officinalis and S Fructicosa) and oregano (Origanum onites and O inderscedens) extracts related to their
phenolic compound content J Sci Food Agr 2002 82 1645ndash1651 httpsdoiorg101002jsfa1240
18 Singleton VL Orthofer R Lamuela-Raventos RM Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation
substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent Methods in Enzymol 1999 299 152ndash178
httpsdoiorg101016S0076-6879(99)99017-1
19 Dehpour AA Ibrahimzadeh MA Fazel NS Mohammad NS Antioxydant activity of the methanol
extract of Ferula asafoetida and its essential oil composition Grasas Aceites 2009 60 405ndash412
httpsdoiorg103989gya010109
20 Brand-Williams W Cuvelier ME Berset C Use of a Free Radical Method to Evaluate Antioxidant
Activity LWT-Food Sci Technol 1995 28 25ndash30 httpsdoiorg101016S0023-6438(95)80008-5
21 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Sakar EH Nechad I Louaste B Lahkimi A Chaouch M Chaqroune A
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of crude extracts and essential oils from two thyme species Thymus
vulgaris and Thymus hyemalis from northern Morocco Int J Biosci 2018 12 391ndash399
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication343761846_Antimicrobial_and_antioxidant_activities_of_crude_
extracts_and_essential_oils_from_two_thyme_species_Thymus_vulgaris_and_Thymus_hyemalis_from_no
rthern_Morocco
22 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Chaouch M Chaqroune A Antimicrobial antioxidant activity and chemical
composition of Origanum compactum benth from Taounate province north Morocco Asian J Pharm Clin
Res 2020 13 126ndash131 httpdxdoiorg1022159ajpcr2020v13i336319
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8450
23 Prudent D Perineau F Bessiere J M Michel G M Baccou JC Analysis of the essential oil of wild
oregano from Martinique (Coleus aromaticus Benth) evaluation of its bacterioatatic and fungistatic
properties J Essent Oil Res 1995 7 165ndash173 httpsdoiorg1010801041290519959698492
24 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Advance and Grain Yield Stability of
Moroccan Durum Wheats Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions Int J Agron 2021 2021 5571501
httpsdoiorg10115520215571501
25 Khattabi D Sakar EH Louahlia S Flag leaf tolerance study in Moroccan barley (Hordeum vulgare L)
varieties submitted to a severe salt stress Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2022 12 2787ndash2799
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12327872799
26 Gharby S Hajib A Ibourki M Sakar EH Nounah I El Moudden H Elibrahimi M Harhar H
Induced changes in olive oil subjected to various chemical refining steps A comparative study of quality
indices fatty acids bioactive minor components and oxidation stability kinetic parameters Chem Data
Collect 2021 33 100702 httpsdoiorg101016jcdc2021100702
27 El Yamani M Sakar EH Mansouri F SerghinI-Caid H Elamrani A Rharrabti Y Effect of pigments
and total phenols on oxidative stability of monovarietal virgin olive oil produced in Morocco Riv Ital
Sostanze Gr 2019 96 17ndash24
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication328265834_Effect_of_pigments_and_total_phenols_on_oxidative
_stability_of_monovarietal_virgin_olive_oil_produced_in_Morocco
28 El Kharraf S El-Guendouz S Farah A Bennani B Mateus M C amp Miguel M G Hydrodistillation
and simultaneous hydrodistillation-steam distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis and Origanum compactum
Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect of the essential oils Ind Crops Prod 2021 168
113591 httpdxdoiorg101016jindcrop2021113591
29 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Phytochemical Profiling
of Essential Oils Isolated Using Hydrodistillation and Microwave Methods and Characterization of Some
Nutrients in Origanum compactum Benth from Central-Northern Morocco Biointerface Res Appl Chem
2021 11 9358ndash9371 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC11293589371
30 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Wild chamomile
[Cladanthus mixtus (L) chevall] collected from central-northern morocco Phytochemical profiling
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 11 11440ndash11457
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC1141144011457
31 Yap PSX Krishnan T Yiap BC Hu CP Chan KG Lim SHE Membrane disruption and
antiquorum sensing effects of synergistic interaction between Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) in
combination with antibiotic against plasmidconferred multidrugresistant Escherichia coli J Appl Microb
2014 116 1119ndash1128 httpsdoiorg101111jam12444
32 Yap PSX Krishnan T Chan KG Lim SH Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark
essential oil alone and in combination with piperacillin against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain
J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 25 1299ndash1306 httpsdxdoiorg104014jmb140707054
33 Elshobary M El-Shenody R Ashour M Zabed HM Qi X Antimicrobial and antioxidant
characterization of bioactive components from Chlorococcum minutum a newly isolated green microalga
Food Bioscience 2020 35 100567 httpsdoiorg101016jfbio2020100567
34 Patil AG Koli SP Patil DA Phatak AV Evaluation of extraction techniques with various solvents to
determine extraction efficiency of selected medicinal plants Int J Pharm Sci Res 2012 3 2607ndash2612
httpsijpsrcombft-articleevaluation-of-extraction-techniques-with-various-solvents-to-determine-
extraction-efficiency-of-selected-medicinal-plants
35 Cvetanović A Švarc-Gajić J Mašković P Savić S Nikolić L Antioxidant and biological activity of
chamomile extracts obtained by different techniques perspective of using superheated water for isolation of
biologically active compounds Ind Crops Prod 2015 65 582ndash591
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201409044
36 Metrouh-Amir H Duarte CM Maiza F Solvent effect on total phenolic contents antioxidant and
antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201501049
37 Roby MHH Sarhan MA Selim KAH Khalel KI Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential
oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L) Ind Crops
Prod 2013 44 437ndash445 httpsdoiorg101002ffj1929
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8451
38 Yazdani E Talebi M Zarshenas MM Moein M Evaluation of possible antioxidant activities of barberry
solid formulation a selected formulation from traditional persian medicine (tpm) via various procedures
Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2019 9 4517ndash1521 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC96517521
39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
Biological Activity of Extracts of Various Parts of Heather (Calluna vulgaris (L) Hull) at Different Growth
Stages Plants 2020 9 926 httpsdoiorg103390plants9080926
40 Karalija E Ćavar Zeljković S Dahija S Bešta-Gajević R Parić A Phenolics of Aerial Parts
of Gentiana lutea L and Their Biological Activity Agronomy 2021 11 1442
httpsdoiorg103390agronomy11071442
41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars grown in northern Morocco J Mater Environ Sci 2017 8 2679ndash2686
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication316634449_Variability_of_oil_content_and_its_physico-
chemical_traits_from_five_almond_Prunisdulcis_cultivars_grown_in_Northern_Morocco
42 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Geometrical Traits in Almond Fruit as Affected by Genotypic and
Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
httpsdoiorg101007s10341-018-0401-y
43 Boussakouran A Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Morphological Traits Associated with Drought
Stress Tolerance in Six Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties Released Between 1984 and 2007 J Crop Sci
Biotechnol 2019 22 345ndash353 httpsdoiorg101007s12892-019-0138-0
44 Bijla L Aissa R Ait Bouzid H Sakar EH Ibourki M Laknifli A Gharby S Spent Coffee Ground
Oil as a Potential Alternative for Vegetable Oil Production Evidence from Oil Content Lipid Profiling and
Physicochemical Characterization Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 12 6308ndash6320
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12563086320
45 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Benali T Rharrabti Y Antioxidant activity of phenolic
extracts from olive mill wastewater and their influence on virgin olive oil stability Mor J Chem 2019 7 211ndash
223
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication331988832_Antioxidant_activity_of_phenolic_extracts_from_oli
ve_mill_wastewater_and_their_influence_on_virgin_olive_oil_stability_published_in_Moroccan_Journal_
of_Chemistry
46 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physiological and biochemical responses of
young olive trees (Olea europaea L) to water stress during flowering Arch Biol Sci 2019 71 123ndash132
httpsdoiorg102298ABS181001054E
47 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Fruit Gravimetrical Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA
Webb] Combined Effects of Genetic Control and Environmental Drivers Erwerbs-Obstbau 2020 62 37ndash
46 httpsdoiorg101007s10341-019-00457-x
48 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Leaf water status physiological behavior and
biochemical mechanism involved in young olive plants under water deficit Sci Hortic 2020 261 108906
httpsdoiorg101016jscienta2019108906
49 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Activity of two natural additives in improving
the stability of virgin olive oil quality during storage OCL 2020 27 44 httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020039
50 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Influence of ripening index and water regime
on the yield and quality of Moroccan Picholine virgin olive oil OCL 2020 27 19
httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020015
51 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Ghabbour N Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and
Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
traditionally extracted argan oil Med J Nutrition Metab 2021 httpsdoiorg103233MNM-210005
53 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Genotypic and Environmental Variations in
Kernel Color Indices in the Main Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA Webb] Cultivars Grown in North-
eastern Morocco Scientifica 2021 2021 9970223 httpsdoiorg10115520219970223
54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
of oil content and its physicochemical traits from the main almond [Prunus dulcis Mill DA Webb] cultivars
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8452
grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8449
(Rosmarinus officinalis L) Trends Food Sci Technol 2015 45 355ndash368
httpsdoiorg101016jtifs201507015
5 Hernaacutendez MD Sotomayor JA Hernaacutendez Aacute Jordaacuten MJ Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) oils
In Essential oils in food preservation Flavor and safety 2016 677ndash688 httpsdoiorg101016B978-0-12-
416641-700077-8
6 Oliveira JR Camargo SEA de Oliveira LD Rosmarinus officinalis L (rosemary) as therapeutic and
prophylactic agent J Biomed Sci 2019 26 5 httpsdoiorg101186s12929-019-0499-8
7 Ahmed HM Babakir-Mina M Investigation of rosemary herbal extracts (Rosmarinus officinalis) and their
potential effects on immunity Phytother Res 2020 34 1829ndash1837 httpsdoiorg101002ptr6648
8 Jaglanian A Tsiani E Rosemary Extract Inhibits Proliferation Survival Akt and mTOR Signaling in
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells Int J Mol Sci 2020 21 810 httpsdoiorg103390ijms21030810
9 Cheung S Tai J Anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis Oncol
Rep 2007 17 1525ndash1531 httpsdoiorg103892or1761525
10 Posadas SJ Caz V Largo C De la Gaacutendara B Matallanas B Reglero G Protective effect of
supercritical fluid rosemary extract Rosmarinus officinalis on antioxidants of major organs of aged rats Exp
Gerontol 2009 44 383ndash389 httpsdoiorg101016jexger200902015
11 Rašković A Milanović I Pavlović N Cebovic T Vukmirovic S Mikov M Antioxidant activity of
rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) essential oil and its hepatoprotective potential BMC Complement
Altern Med 2014 14 225 httpsdoiorg1011861472-6882-14-225
12 Nieto G Ros G Castillo J Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis
L) A Rev Med 2018 5 98 httpsdoiorg103390medicines5030098
13 Hammer M Junghanns W Rosmarinus officinalis L Rosemary In Novak J Bluumlthner WD (eds)
Medicinal Aromatic and Stimulant Plants Handbook of Plant Breeding Springer Cham 2020 12
httpsdoiorg101007978-3-030-38792-1_15
14 Zeroual A Sakar EH Ibourki M Bijla L Ainane A Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Gharby S
Chaqroune A Ainane T phytochemical screening and mineral profiling of wild and cultivated rosemary
(Rosmarinus officinalis l) from Taounate region (northern Morocco) PharmacologyOnLine 2021 2 576ndash
582 httpspharmacologyonlinesilaeitfilesarchives2021vol2PhOL_2021_2_A065_ZEROUALpdf
15 Sasikumar B Rosemary In K V Peter (Ed) Handbook of herbs and spices 2012 452e468
httpswwwsciencedirectcombook9780857090393handbook-of-herbs-and-spices
16 Gurbuz B Bagdat RB Uyanik M Rezaeieh KAP Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L) cultivation
studies under Ankara ecological conditions Ind Crops Prod 2016 88 12ndash16
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201512028
17 Pizzale L Bortolomeazzi R Vichi S Uumlberegger E Conte LS Antioxidant activity of sage (Salvia
officinalis and S Fructicosa) and oregano (Origanum onites and O inderscedens) extracts related to their
phenolic compound content J Sci Food Agr 2002 82 1645ndash1651 httpsdoiorg101002jsfa1240
18 Singleton VL Orthofer R Lamuela-Raventos RM Analysis of total phenols and other oxidation
substrates and antioxidants by means of folin-ciocalteu reagent Methods in Enzymol 1999 299 152ndash178
httpsdoiorg101016S0076-6879(99)99017-1
19 Dehpour AA Ibrahimzadeh MA Fazel NS Mohammad NS Antioxydant activity of the methanol
extract of Ferula asafoetida and its essential oil composition Grasas Aceites 2009 60 405ndash412
httpsdoiorg103989gya010109
20 Brand-Williams W Cuvelier ME Berset C Use of a Free Radical Method to Evaluate Antioxidant
Activity LWT-Food Sci Technol 1995 28 25ndash30 httpsdoiorg101016S0023-6438(95)80008-5
21 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Sakar EH Nechad I Louaste B Lahkimi A Chaouch M Chaqroune A
Antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of crude extracts and essential oils from two thyme species Thymus
vulgaris and Thymus hyemalis from northern Morocco Int J Biosci 2018 12 391ndash399
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication343761846_Antimicrobial_and_antioxidant_activities_of_crude_
extracts_and_essential_oils_from_two_thyme_species_Thymus_vulgaris_and_Thymus_hyemalis_from_no
rthern_Morocco
22 Zeroual A Eloutassi N Chaouch M Chaqroune A Antimicrobial antioxidant activity and chemical
composition of Origanum compactum benth from Taounate province north Morocco Asian J Pharm Clin
Res 2020 13 126ndash131 httpdxdoiorg1022159ajpcr2020v13i336319
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8450
23 Prudent D Perineau F Bessiere J M Michel G M Baccou JC Analysis of the essential oil of wild
oregano from Martinique (Coleus aromaticus Benth) evaluation of its bacterioatatic and fungistatic
properties J Essent Oil Res 1995 7 165ndash173 httpsdoiorg1010801041290519959698492
24 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Advance and Grain Yield Stability of
Moroccan Durum Wheats Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions Int J Agron 2021 2021 5571501
httpsdoiorg10115520215571501
25 Khattabi D Sakar EH Louahlia S Flag leaf tolerance study in Moroccan barley (Hordeum vulgare L)
varieties submitted to a severe salt stress Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2022 12 2787ndash2799
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12327872799
26 Gharby S Hajib A Ibourki M Sakar EH Nounah I El Moudden H Elibrahimi M Harhar H
Induced changes in olive oil subjected to various chemical refining steps A comparative study of quality
indices fatty acids bioactive minor components and oxidation stability kinetic parameters Chem Data
Collect 2021 33 100702 httpsdoiorg101016jcdc2021100702
27 El Yamani M Sakar EH Mansouri F SerghinI-Caid H Elamrani A Rharrabti Y Effect of pigments
and total phenols on oxidative stability of monovarietal virgin olive oil produced in Morocco Riv Ital
Sostanze Gr 2019 96 17ndash24
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication328265834_Effect_of_pigments_and_total_phenols_on_oxidative
_stability_of_monovarietal_virgin_olive_oil_produced_in_Morocco
28 El Kharraf S El-Guendouz S Farah A Bennani B Mateus M C amp Miguel M G Hydrodistillation
and simultaneous hydrodistillation-steam distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis and Origanum compactum
Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect of the essential oils Ind Crops Prod 2021 168
113591 httpdxdoiorg101016jindcrop2021113591
29 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Phytochemical Profiling
of Essential Oils Isolated Using Hydrodistillation and Microwave Methods and Characterization of Some
Nutrients in Origanum compactum Benth from Central-Northern Morocco Biointerface Res Appl Chem
2021 11 9358ndash9371 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC11293589371
30 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Wild chamomile
[Cladanthus mixtus (L) chevall] collected from central-northern morocco Phytochemical profiling
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 11 11440ndash11457
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC1141144011457
31 Yap PSX Krishnan T Yiap BC Hu CP Chan KG Lim SHE Membrane disruption and
antiquorum sensing effects of synergistic interaction between Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) in
combination with antibiotic against plasmidconferred multidrugresistant Escherichia coli J Appl Microb
2014 116 1119ndash1128 httpsdoiorg101111jam12444
32 Yap PSX Krishnan T Chan KG Lim SH Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark
essential oil alone and in combination with piperacillin against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain
J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 25 1299ndash1306 httpsdxdoiorg104014jmb140707054
33 Elshobary M El-Shenody R Ashour M Zabed HM Qi X Antimicrobial and antioxidant
characterization of bioactive components from Chlorococcum minutum a newly isolated green microalga
Food Bioscience 2020 35 100567 httpsdoiorg101016jfbio2020100567
34 Patil AG Koli SP Patil DA Phatak AV Evaluation of extraction techniques with various solvents to
determine extraction efficiency of selected medicinal plants Int J Pharm Sci Res 2012 3 2607ndash2612
httpsijpsrcombft-articleevaluation-of-extraction-techniques-with-various-solvents-to-determine-
extraction-efficiency-of-selected-medicinal-plants
35 Cvetanović A Švarc-Gajić J Mašković P Savić S Nikolić L Antioxidant and biological activity of
chamomile extracts obtained by different techniques perspective of using superheated water for isolation of
biologically active compounds Ind Crops Prod 2015 65 582ndash591
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201409044
36 Metrouh-Amir H Duarte CM Maiza F Solvent effect on total phenolic contents antioxidant and
antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201501049
37 Roby MHH Sarhan MA Selim KAH Khalel KI Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential
oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L) Ind Crops
Prod 2013 44 437ndash445 httpsdoiorg101002ffj1929
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8451
38 Yazdani E Talebi M Zarshenas MM Moein M Evaluation of possible antioxidant activities of barberry
solid formulation a selected formulation from traditional persian medicine (tpm) via various procedures
Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2019 9 4517ndash1521 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC96517521
39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
Biological Activity of Extracts of Various Parts of Heather (Calluna vulgaris (L) Hull) at Different Growth
Stages Plants 2020 9 926 httpsdoiorg103390plants9080926
40 Karalija E Ćavar Zeljković S Dahija S Bešta-Gajević R Parić A Phenolics of Aerial Parts
of Gentiana lutea L and Their Biological Activity Agronomy 2021 11 1442
httpsdoiorg103390agronomy11071442
41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars grown in northern Morocco J Mater Environ Sci 2017 8 2679ndash2686
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication316634449_Variability_of_oil_content_and_its_physico-
chemical_traits_from_five_almond_Prunisdulcis_cultivars_grown_in_Northern_Morocco
42 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Geometrical Traits in Almond Fruit as Affected by Genotypic and
Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
httpsdoiorg101007s10341-018-0401-y
43 Boussakouran A Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Morphological Traits Associated with Drought
Stress Tolerance in Six Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties Released Between 1984 and 2007 J Crop Sci
Biotechnol 2019 22 345ndash353 httpsdoiorg101007s12892-019-0138-0
44 Bijla L Aissa R Ait Bouzid H Sakar EH Ibourki M Laknifli A Gharby S Spent Coffee Ground
Oil as a Potential Alternative for Vegetable Oil Production Evidence from Oil Content Lipid Profiling and
Physicochemical Characterization Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 12 6308ndash6320
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12563086320
45 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Benali T Rharrabti Y Antioxidant activity of phenolic
extracts from olive mill wastewater and their influence on virgin olive oil stability Mor J Chem 2019 7 211ndash
223
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication331988832_Antioxidant_activity_of_phenolic_extracts_from_oli
ve_mill_wastewater_and_their_influence_on_virgin_olive_oil_stability_published_in_Moroccan_Journal_
of_Chemistry
46 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physiological and biochemical responses of
young olive trees (Olea europaea L) to water stress during flowering Arch Biol Sci 2019 71 123ndash132
httpsdoiorg102298ABS181001054E
47 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Fruit Gravimetrical Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA
Webb] Combined Effects of Genetic Control and Environmental Drivers Erwerbs-Obstbau 2020 62 37ndash
46 httpsdoiorg101007s10341-019-00457-x
48 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Leaf water status physiological behavior and
biochemical mechanism involved in young olive plants under water deficit Sci Hortic 2020 261 108906
httpsdoiorg101016jscienta2019108906
49 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Activity of two natural additives in improving
the stability of virgin olive oil quality during storage OCL 2020 27 44 httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020039
50 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Influence of ripening index and water regime
on the yield and quality of Moroccan Picholine virgin olive oil OCL 2020 27 19
httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020015
51 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Ghabbour N Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and
Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
traditionally extracted argan oil Med J Nutrition Metab 2021 httpsdoiorg103233MNM-210005
53 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Genotypic and Environmental Variations in
Kernel Color Indices in the Main Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA Webb] Cultivars Grown in North-
eastern Morocco Scientifica 2021 2021 9970223 httpsdoiorg10115520219970223
54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
of oil content and its physicochemical traits from the main almond [Prunus dulcis Mill DA Webb] cultivars
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8452
grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8450
23 Prudent D Perineau F Bessiere J M Michel G M Baccou JC Analysis of the essential oil of wild
oregano from Martinique (Coleus aromaticus Benth) evaluation of its bacterioatatic and fungistatic
properties J Essent Oil Res 1995 7 165ndash173 httpsdoiorg1010801041290519959698492
24 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Advance and Grain Yield Stability of
Moroccan Durum Wheats Grown under Rainfed and Irrigated Conditions Int J Agron 2021 2021 5571501
httpsdoiorg10115520215571501
25 Khattabi D Sakar EH Louahlia S Flag leaf tolerance study in Moroccan barley (Hordeum vulgare L)
varieties submitted to a severe salt stress Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2022 12 2787ndash2799
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12327872799
26 Gharby S Hajib A Ibourki M Sakar EH Nounah I El Moudden H Elibrahimi M Harhar H
Induced changes in olive oil subjected to various chemical refining steps A comparative study of quality
indices fatty acids bioactive minor components and oxidation stability kinetic parameters Chem Data
Collect 2021 33 100702 httpsdoiorg101016jcdc2021100702
27 El Yamani M Sakar EH Mansouri F SerghinI-Caid H Elamrani A Rharrabti Y Effect of pigments
and total phenols on oxidative stability of monovarietal virgin olive oil produced in Morocco Riv Ital
Sostanze Gr 2019 96 17ndash24
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication328265834_Effect_of_pigments_and_total_phenols_on_oxidative
_stability_of_monovarietal_virgin_olive_oil_produced_in_Morocco
28 El Kharraf S El-Guendouz S Farah A Bennani B Mateus M C amp Miguel M G Hydrodistillation
and simultaneous hydrodistillation-steam distillation of Rosmarinus officinalis and Origanum compactum
Antioxidant anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect of the essential oils Ind Crops Prod 2021 168
113591 httpdxdoiorg101016jindcrop2021113591
29 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Phytochemical Profiling
of Essential Oils Isolated Using Hydrodistillation and Microwave Methods and Characterization of Some
Nutrients in Origanum compactum Benth from Central-Northern Morocco Biointerface Res Appl Chem
2021 11 9358ndash9371 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC11293589371
30 Zeroual A Sakar EH Eloutassi N Mahjoubi F Chaouch M Chaqroune A Wild chamomile
[Cladanthus mixtus (L) chevall] collected from central-northern morocco Phytochemical profiling
antioxidant and antimicrobial activities Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 11 11440ndash11457
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC1141144011457
31 Yap PSX Krishnan T Yiap BC Hu CP Chan KG Lim SHE Membrane disruption and
antiquorum sensing effects of synergistic interaction between Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) in
combination with antibiotic against plasmidconferred multidrugresistant Escherichia coli J Appl Microb
2014 116 1119ndash1128 httpsdoiorg101111jam12444
32 Yap PSX Krishnan T Chan KG Lim SH Antibacterial mode of action of Cinnamomum verum bark
essential oil alone and in combination with piperacillin against a multi-drug-resistant Escherichia coli strain
J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015 25 1299ndash1306 httpsdxdoiorg104014jmb140707054
33 Elshobary M El-Shenody R Ashour M Zabed HM Qi X Antimicrobial and antioxidant
characterization of bioactive components from Chlorococcum minutum a newly isolated green microalga
Food Bioscience 2020 35 100567 httpsdoiorg101016jfbio2020100567
34 Patil AG Koli SP Patil DA Phatak AV Evaluation of extraction techniques with various solvents to
determine extraction efficiency of selected medicinal plants Int J Pharm Sci Res 2012 3 2607ndash2612
httpsijpsrcombft-articleevaluation-of-extraction-techniques-with-various-solvents-to-determine-
extraction-efficiency-of-selected-medicinal-plants
35 Cvetanović A Švarc-Gajić J Mašković P Savić S Nikolić L Antioxidant and biological activity of
chamomile extracts obtained by different techniques perspective of using superheated water for isolation of
biologically active compounds Ind Crops Prod 2015 65 582ndash591
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201409044
36 Metrouh-Amir H Duarte CM Maiza F Solvent effect on total phenolic contents antioxidant and
antibacterial activities of Matricaria pubescens Ind Crops Prod 2015 67 249ndash256
httpsdoiorg101016jindcrop201501049
37 Roby MHH Sarhan MA Selim KAH Khalel KI Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of essential
oil and extracts of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare L) and chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L) Ind Crops
Prod 2013 44 437ndash445 httpsdoiorg101002ffj1929
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8451
38 Yazdani E Talebi M Zarshenas MM Moein M Evaluation of possible antioxidant activities of barberry
solid formulation a selected formulation from traditional persian medicine (tpm) via various procedures
Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2019 9 4517ndash1521 httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC96517521
39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
Biological Activity of Extracts of Various Parts of Heather (Calluna vulgaris (L) Hull) at Different Growth
Stages Plants 2020 9 926 httpsdoiorg103390plants9080926
40 Karalija E Ćavar Zeljković S Dahija S Bešta-Gajević R Parić A Phenolics of Aerial Parts
of Gentiana lutea L and Their Biological Activity Agronomy 2021 11 1442
httpsdoiorg103390agronomy11071442
41 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Variability of oil content and its physico-chemical traits from five
almond (Prunus dulcis) cultivars grown in northern Morocco J Mater Environ Sci 2017 8 2679ndash2686
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication316634449_Variability_of_oil_content_and_its_physico-
chemical_traits_from_five_almond_Prunisdulcis_cultivars_grown_in_Northern_Morocco
42 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Geometrical Traits in Almond Fruit as Affected by Genotypic and
Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
httpsdoiorg101007s10341-018-0401-y
43 Boussakouran A Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Morphological Traits Associated with Drought
Stress Tolerance in Six Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties Released Between 1984 and 2007 J Crop Sci
Biotechnol 2019 22 345ndash353 httpsdoiorg101007s12892-019-0138-0
44 Bijla L Aissa R Ait Bouzid H Sakar EH Ibourki M Laknifli A Gharby S Spent Coffee Ground
Oil as a Potential Alternative for Vegetable Oil Production Evidence from Oil Content Lipid Profiling and
Physicochemical Characterization Biointerface Res Appl Chem 2021 12 6308ndash6320
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12563086320
45 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Benali T Rharrabti Y Antioxidant activity of phenolic
extracts from olive mill wastewater and their influence on virgin olive oil stability Mor J Chem 2019 7 211ndash
223
httpswwwresearchgatenetpublication331988832_Antioxidant_activity_of_phenolic_extracts_from_oli
ve_mill_wastewater_and_their_influence_on_virgin_olive_oil_stability_published_in_Moroccan_Journal_
of_Chemistry
46 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physiological and biochemical responses of
young olive trees (Olea europaea L) to water stress during flowering Arch Biol Sci 2019 71 123ndash132
httpsdoiorg102298ABS181001054E
47 Sakar EH El Yamani M Rharrabti Y Fruit Gravimetrical Traits in Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA
Webb] Combined Effects of Genetic Control and Environmental Drivers Erwerbs-Obstbau 2020 62 37ndash
46 httpsdoiorg101007s10341-019-00457-x
48 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Leaf water status physiological behavior and
biochemical mechanism involved in young olive plants under water deficit Sci Hortic 2020 261 108906
httpsdoiorg101016jscienta2019108906
49 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Activity of two natural additives in improving
the stability of virgin olive oil quality during storage OCL 2020 27 44 httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020039
50 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Influence of ripening index and water regime
on the yield and quality of Moroccan Picholine virgin olive oil OCL 2020 27 19
httpsdoiorg101051ocl2020015
51 El Yamani M Sakar E H Boussakouran A Ghabbour N Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and
Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
Morocco Environ Technol 2020 41 3081ndash3093 httpsdoi1010800959333020191597926
52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
traditionally extracted argan oil Med J Nutrition Metab 2021 httpsdoiorg103233MNM-210005
53 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Genotypic and Environmental Variations in
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54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
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2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
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Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
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Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
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39 Chepel V Lisun V Skrypnik L Changes in the Content of Some Groups of Phenolic Compounds and
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Environmental Variations in Northern Morocco Erwerbs-Obstbau 2019 61 103ndash112
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Microbiological Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern
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52 Boukyoud Z Gharby S Ibourki M Sakar E H Bijla L Atifi H Matthaumlus B Laknifli A Charrouf
Z Can the water quality influence the chemical composition sensory properties and oxidative stability of
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Kernel Color Indices in the Main Almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill) DA Webb] Cultivars Grown in North-
eastern Morocco Scientifica 2021 2021 9970223 httpsdoiorg10115520219970223
54 Sakar EH El Yamani M Boussakouran A Ainane A Ainane T Gharby S Rharrabti Y Variability
of oil content and its physicochemical traits from the main almond [Prunus dulcis Mill DA Webb] cultivars
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8452
grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022
httpsdoiorg1033263BRIAC12684418452
httpsbiointerfaceresearchcom 8452
grown under contrasting environments in north-eastern Morocco Biocatal Agric Biotechnol 2021 32
101952 httpsdoiorg101016jbcab2021101952
55 Boussakouran A El Yamani M Sakar EH Rharrabti Y Genetic Progress in Physiological and
Biochemical Traits Related to Grain Yield in Moroccan Durum Wheat Varieties from 1984 to 2007 Crop Sci
2021 httpsdoiorg101002csc220643
56 Ibourki M Azouguigh F Jadouali S Sakar EH Bijla L Majourhat K Gharby S Laknifli A
Physical fruit traits nutritional composition and seed oil fatty acids profiling in the main date palm (Phoenix
dactylifera L) varieties grown in Morocco J Food Qual 2021 2021 5138043
httpsdoiorg10115520215138043
57 El Yamani M Sakar EH Boussakouran A Rharrabti Y Physicochemical and Microbiological
Characterization of Olive Mill Wastewater (OMW) from Different Regions of Northern Morocco Biocatal
Agric Biotechnol 2022
58 Ibourki M Ait Bouzid H Bijla L Sakar EH Asdadi A Laknifli A El Hammadi A Gharby S
Mineral profiling of twenty wild and cultivated aromatic and medicinal plants growing in Morocco
Biol Trace Elem Res 2022