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Hindawi, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, (2018), p. 1-14, 2018

DOI: 10.1155/2018/7842583

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Honey Antibacterial Effect Boosting UsingOriganum vulgare L. Essential Oil

Journal article published in 2018 by Hamada Imtara, Youssef Elamine ORCID, Badiâa Lyoussi ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The appearance of new bacterial strains which cause pathogenic diseases and which are resistant to the most used antibiotics requires probing new antibacterial agents sources. Therefore, the main aim of the present work was to follow the antibacterial activity of honey samples from Palestine and Morocco, after the combination withOriganum vulgare L.essential oil, and figure out whether the honey physicochemical parameters and geographic origin influence the final activity. The results of this study showed good geographical discrimination between the Palestinians and Moroccan honey samples. The antioxidant and antimicrobial activities showed a significant correlation with honey color, melanoidins, and phenolic and flavonoids contents. Furthermore, the possible effect of honey physicochemical parameters on the gained antimicrobial activities was assessed using the principal component analysis (PCA). Some parameters showed a promising effect and seem to be important in the process of honey samples selection. Namely, melanoidins content, phenolic content, electrical conductivity, and mineral content were shown to be positively influencing the gained antibacterial activity after the combination with essential oil against the tested strains, although a significant negative correlation was seen with the FIC only in the case ofEscherichia coli(ATB: 57).