Essential oil and trichome density from Origanum majorana L. shoots affected by leaf age and salinity

Authors

  • Baatour Olfa Faculté des Sciences de Tunis
  • Tarchoune Imen Faculté des Sciences de Tunis
  • Chebi Mohamed Faculté des Sciences de Tunis
  • Ben Nasri-Ayachi M Faculté des Sciences de Tunis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v32n1a2016-30323

Keywords:

Essential oil, Origanum majorana L. , Salinity, Trichomes.

Abstract

Essential oil (EO) from Origanum majorana L. (Lamiaceae) shoots, extracted by hydrodistillation from plant cultivated under control and salt conditions. Essential oil composition was determined by GC-MS. Plant material was harvest at three vegetative stages; early (EVS), late (LVS) and early flowering (P.F.S). Essential oil yield were 0.11% and 0.071 for E.V.S, 0.19% to 0.37% for L.V.S 0.23% and 0.47% for P.F.S, at the control and in the presence of 75 mM NaCl, respectively. Salt stress and development of vegetative stage affected the formation of the major compounds: cis-sabinene hydrate and terpinene-4-ol. Leaves were observed with scanning electron microscope (SEM), to determined trichomes number, size and distribution. Results showed that globular trichome density decrease with leaf maturity but increased with salinity. 

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Published

2016-01-20

How to Cite

OLFA, B., IMEN, T., MOHAMED, C. and NASRI-AYACHI M, B., 2016. Essential oil and trichome density from Origanum majorana L. shoots affected by leaf age and salinity . Bioscience Journal [online], vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 238–245. [Accessed5 November 2024]. DOI 10.14393/BJ-v32n1a2016-30323. Available from: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/30323.

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Biological Sciences