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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) Essential Oil Growing in Djelfa (Algeria)

Authors : Samah Lakehal, Cherifa Chaouia, Fatma Zohra Benrebiha

Published in: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Currently, several questions are raised about the effectiveness and safety of chemical products used in medicine or in the food industry. Indeed, because of the side effects of some synthetic antioxidants used in food processing and the resistance to antibiotics that some micro organisms have acquired, the development of new avenues of research to achieve alternatives seems indispensable. Recently, natural products from aromatic and medicinal plants have represented a fertile ground for the development of novel antibacterial agents.

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Metadata
Title
Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) Essential Oil Growing in Djelfa (Algeria)
Authors
Samah Lakehal
Cherifa Chaouia
Fatma Zohra Benrebiha
Copyright Year
2018
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_364