This study is designed to examine the chemical composition, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of the essential oil of V. agnus-castus. The essential oils of dry leaves of Vitex agnus-castus L., were obtained by hydro-distillation, afforded oil in the yield of 5.5 % and their volatile constituents were identified by GC/MS.Antioxidant activity of the sample was determined by test system DPPH.Antifungal activity was tested using three fungal strains by direct contact method. Forty-three compounds were identified,representing 98.02 % of the oil. Major components of the oil were 1,8-cineole (18.27 %), Caryophyllene (8.60 %), N-(M-Fluorophenyl)-Maleimide (6.30 %), (+)-Epi-bicyclosesquiphellandrene (6.00 %), Terpinen-4-ol (5.57 %), Pyrrolo (3,2,1-jk)carbazole (5.43 %), Caryophyllene oxide (4.79 %), and Phenol (4.09 %). The chemical constituents in the essential oil from the locally grown vitex agnus-castus were identified. Therefore, the essential oil from southern-west Algeria vegetable species of vitex agnus-castus are active candidate which would be used as antioxidant, or antifungal agent in new drugs preparation for therapy of diseases.

Chemical constituents and biological evaluation of leaves' essential oils of Vitex agnus-castus L. growing in the southern-west of Algeria

249th National Meeting (2015)

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